The Defense Rests
HE DOUBLE CROSSED JUSTICE...UNTIL LOVE DOUBLE CROSSED HIM!!
1934 | 70m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Lambert Hillyer |
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| Writer: | Jo Swerling |
| Staring: |
| A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 15, 1934 |
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| Director: | Lambert Hillyer |
| Writer: | Jo Swerling |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | held at gunpoint |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jack Holt | Matthew Mitchell |
| Jean Arthur | Joan Hayes |
| Nat Pendleton | Rocky |
| Arthur Hohl | James Randolph |
| Raymond Walburn | Austin |
| Harold Huber | Castro |
| Robert Gleckler | Lou Gentry |
| Sarah Padden | Mrs. Evans |
| Shirley Grey | Mabel Wilson |
| Donald Meek | Fogg |
| Raymond Hatton | Louie |
| Ward Bond | Hood |
| John Wray | Michael Cooney |
| Vivien Oakland | Mrs. Monte Ballou |
| Selmer Jackson | Duffy |
| J. Carrol Naish | Monte Ballou |
| Samuel S. Hinds | Dean Adams |
| Arthur Belasco | Gun Store Owner |
| Brooks Benedict | Charlie |
| Charles Brinley | Bartender |
| Don Brodie | Reporter |
| Allan Cavan | Court Clerk |
| Edward Cecil | Minor Role |
| Stephen Colt | Bailiff |
| Nick Copeland | Minor Role |
| Lynn Cowan | Reporter |
| Kernan Cripps | Policeman |
| Carrie Daumery | Dowager on Gambling Ship |
| Milla Davenport | Neighbor |
| Joan Dix | Minor Role |
| Oliver Eckhardt | Jury Foreman |
| Ray Ellis | Second Jury Foreman (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Receptionist |
| Mary Gordon | Scrub Woman |
| Galen Gough | Gangster |
| Arnold Gray | Minor Role |
| Harrison Greene | Moe - Reporter |
| Sam Hayes | Radio Announcer |
| A.R. Haysel | Bill - Turnkey |
| Arthur Hickman | Minor Role |
| Howard Hickman | Judge |
| Harry Hume | Father |
| Charles King | Reporter |
| Lydia Knott | Hospital Patient |
| Sam Lufkin | Masseur / Trainer |
| John Mack | Reporter |
| Stanley Mack | Henchman |
| Joe Smith Marba | Court Clerk |
| Tony Martelli | Waiter |
| Charles McAvoy | Guard |
| Frank Mills | Henchman |
| Geneva Mitchell | Mitchell's Receptionist |
| Bert Moorhouse | Minor Role |
| Wilfrid North | Silent Judge |
| Frank O'Connor | Minor Role |
| Hal Price | Tim |
| Bruce Randall | Chauffeur |
| Bobbie Sheehan | Minor Role |
| Reginald Simpson | Minor Role |
| Bess Stafford | Jail Matron |
| Jerome Storm | Reporter |
| Hal Taggart | Minor Role |
| Billy West | Reporter |
| Maston Williams | Diver |
| Eleanor Wood | Poor Wife |
| Ernest F. Young | Speakeasy Proprietor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lambert Hillyer | Director |
| Jo Swerling | Story, Screenplay |
| Dave Ragin | Camera Operator |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
"Joan Hayes" (Jean Arthur) is employed by hotshot criminal lawyer "Mitchell" (Jack Holt) just as he heads to court for what we are sure will be his 38th straight victory. Following a kidnapping, though, "Mrs Evans" (Sarah Padden) comes to visit and as her boss is busy, she is seen by the new and kee ... n "Joan" who begins to piece two and two together and conclude that her butter-wouldn't-melt employer is maybe not quite the shining light he purports to be. Armed with some damning evidence, she confronts him - but events elsewhere overtake their stand-off and soon the fate of a man facing the chair is front and centre of the story. That story is a bit more substantial than many of these standard afternoon features with a rather beefier part for Arthur and a decent chemistry between the two as things get messy and dangerous. Add a couple of mob heavies and maybe just a hint of integrity and this makes for quite an enjoyable seventy minutes of crime-noir.