For the Defense
Too CLEVER to be STRAIGHT
1930 | 65m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | John Cromwell |
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| Writer: | Jules Furthman, Oliver H.P. Garrett |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 19, 1930 |
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| Director: | John Cromwell |
| Writer: | Jules Furthman, Oliver H.P. Garrett |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime |
| Keywords | lawyer, pre-code |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| William Powell | William Foster |
| Kay Francis | Irene Manners |
| Scott Kolk | Jack Defoe |
| William B. Davidson | Dist. Atty. Stone |
| John Elliott | McGann |
| Thomas E. Jackson | Daly |
| Harry Walker | Miller |
| James Finlayson | Parrott |
| Charles West | Joe |
| Charles Sullivan | Charlie |
| Ernie Adams | Eddie Withers |
| Bertram Marburgh | Judge Evans |
| Edward LeSaint | Judge at first trial |
| George 'Gabby' Hayes | Ben (the waiter) |
| Name | Job |
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| John Cromwell | Director |
| Jules Furthman | Story |
| Oliver H.P. Garrett | Writer |
| Charles Lang | Director of Photography |
| George Nichols Jr. | Editor |
| Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Harold M. McNiff | Sound |
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