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Poster for For the Defense

For the Defense (1930)

NR ★ 5.3/10 65 min Crime, Drama, Romance United States English
Director: John Cromwell
Streaming: Not available
Too CLEVER to be STRAIGHT

Description

William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them out of jail, winning acquittals, and having decisions reversed, thus springing criminals out of prison. He is romantically involved with dancer Irene Manners, who is two-timing him, although she wants to marry him. She kills a man driving while out with her other man, Jack Defoe, who takes the blame. Unfortunately, a ring Foster had just given Irene is found at the crime scene. Foster ends up defending Jack, but when the ring is found, he thinks he is protecting Irene, so pleads guilty to jury tampering.

Top Cast

William Powell
William Powell William Foster
Kay Francis
Kay Francis Irene Manners
Scott Kolk
Scott Kolk Jack Defoe
William B. Davidson
William B. Davidson Dist. Atty. Stone
John Elliott
John Elliott McGann
Thomas E. Jackson
Thomas E. Jackson Daly
Harry Walker Miller
James Finlayson
James Finlayson Parrott

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