The Spellbinder
Trapped - Between the Daughter he Loved and the Law He Defied!
1939 | 69m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Jack Hively |
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| Writer: | Joseph Anthony, Thomas Lennon, Joseph Fields |
| Staring: |
| Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do? | |
| Release Date: | Jul 28, 1939 |
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| Director: | Jack Hively |
| Writer: | Joseph Anthony, Thomas Lennon, Joseph Fields |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime |
| Keywords | crooked lawyer, murder, b movie |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lee Tracy | Jed Marlowe |
| Barbara Read | Janet Marlowe |
| Patric Knowles | Tom Dixon |
| Allan Lane | Steve Kendall |
| Linda Hayes | Miss Simpson |
| Morgan Conway | Mr. Carrington |
| Robert Emmett Keane | Judge Butler, Second Trial |
| Roy Gordon | Third Trial Judge |
| Robert Strange | First Trial Judge |
| Elliott Sullivan | Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty |
| Leonid Kinskey | Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player |
| Stanley Blystone | Court Clerk, Second Trial (Uncredited) |
| Paul E. Burns | Hotel Clerk (Uncredited) |
| Chester Clute | Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited) |
| Chester Conklin | Courtroom Extra (Uncredited) |
| Clyde Dilson | Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (Uncredited) |
| Julia Faye | Courtroom Extra (Uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Nightclub Extra (Uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | J.J. Henkins, Auditor (Uncredited) |
| Edward Gargan | Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited) |
| Jack Gargan | Courtroom Extra (Uncredited) |
| Earle Hodgins | First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited) |
| Robert Homans | Court Policeman at Door (Uncredited) |
| Lew Kelly | Turnkey (Uncredited) |
| Donald Kerr | Taxi Driver (Uncredited) |
| Doris Lloyd | Mrs. Raymond, School Headmistress (Uncredited) |
| Frank Marlowe | Taxi Driver (Uncredited) |
| Tom McGuire | Juror, First Trial (Uncredited) |
| Bruce Mitchell | Policeman Testifying at Third Trial (Uncredited) |
| Forbes Murray | Second Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited) |
| George Noisom | Bellboy (Uncredited) |
| Emory Parnell | Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited) |
| Russ Powell | Juror, First Trial (Uncredited) |
| Frank Puglia | Headwaiter (Uncredited) |
| Leona Roberts | Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited) |
| Ronald R. Rondell | Reporter at Third Trial (Uncredited) |
| Gertrude Sutton | Miss Burke, Ice Box's Wife (Uncredited) |
| Harland Tucker | Kendall's Editor (Uncredited) |
| Monte Vandergrift | Official from D.A.'s Office (Uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joseph Anthony | Story |
| Thomas Lennon | Screenplay |
| Joseph Fields | Screenplay |
| Theron Warth | Editor |
| Russell Metty | Director of Photography |
| Lee S. Marcus | Production Executive |
| Robert Russell Bennett | Orchestrator |
| Gene Rose | Music |
| Rex Dunn | Original Music Composer, Music Director |
| John E. Tribby | Sound Recordist |
| Jack Hively | Director |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Renié | Costume Design |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Assistant Art Director |
| Roy Webb | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Cliff Reid | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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