Counsel for Crime

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Counsel for Crime (1937)

Directed by John Brahm

“One Word from Him... And Five Lives Are Doomed!”

Romance, Crime, Drama · 1h 01m

Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger plays William Mellon, a shifty shyster whose underhanded methods loses him the love of his sweetheart Anne (Nana Bryant), who subsequently marries a powerful senator (Thurston Hall). What Mellon doesn't know is that Anne has borne him a son, whom the senator has adopted. Reaching adulthood, Paul (Douglass Montgomery) opts for a legal career himself, taking a clerical job with his own father's firm. In typical "B"-picture, Mellon is charged with murdering one of his more odious clients -- and Paul is appointed prosecuting attorney in the case.

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Cast

Otto Kruger William Mellon Douglass Montgomery Paul Maddox Julie Bishop Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells) Thurston Hall Sen. Maddox Nana Bryant Mrs. Maddox Gene Morgan Friday Marc Lawrence Edwin Mitchell Robert Warwick Asa Stewart Stanley Fields George Evans

Crew

Director
John Brahm
Screenplay
Lee Loeb, Fred Niblo Jr., Harold Buchman, Grace Neville

Details

Release date
1937-10-14
Runtime
1h 01m
Genres
Romance, Crime, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Columbia Pictures