Criminal Lawyer
1937 | 72m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Christy Cabanne, Edward Killy |
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| Writer: | G.V. Atwater, Thomas Lennon, Louis Stevens |
| Staring: |
| Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Betty Walker, a spoiled society girl. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole group is guilty, just to get even with Larkin for a rebuke. On the same night in court, Madge Carter is on trial for disorderly conduct, and Brandon volunteers to defend her, and proves the case against her if a frame-up. Finding that she is penniless, Brandon hires her as his secretary, and falls in love with her. Brandon is appointed district attorney and has ambitions of becoming the state governor. Having dinner at Betty's home, she maneuvers him, while he is drunk, into marrying her. Later, Madge is a witness when Larkin shoots down a fellow gangster. By threatening Brandon's life, he forces her to commit perjury at his trial, and say he fired in self-defense. Brandon, the prosecuting attorney (who has had his marriage to Betty annulled) knows she is lying but doesn't know why. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 29, 1937 |
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| Director: | Christy Cabanne, Edward Killy |
| Writer: | G.V. Atwater, Thomas Lennon, Louis Stevens |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Romance, Crime |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lee Tracy | Brandon |
| Margot Grahame | Madge Carter |
| Eduardo Ciannelli | Gene Larkin |
| Betty Lawford | Betty Walker |
| Erik Rhodes | Tony Bandini |
| Frank M. Thomas | William Walker |
| Wilfred Lucas | Brandon's Assistant |
| William Stack | District Attorney Hopkins |
| Charles Lane | Attorney (uncredited) |
| Aileen Pringle | Mrs. Manning (uncredited) |
| Francis McDonald | Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited) |
| Lita Chevret | Nora James (uncredited) |
| Theodore von Eltz | Larkin's Attorney (uncredited) |
| Cyril Ring | Extra at Larkin's Nightclub (uncredited) |
| Edward Van Sloan | Bit (uncredited) |
| William Worthington | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Sidney Bracey | Wilson - Walker's Butler (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Christy Cabanne | Director |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Renié | Costume Design |
| Edward Killy | Director |
| G.V. Atwater | Screenplay |
| Thomas Lennon | Screenplay |
| Louis Stevens | Story |
| Jack Hively | Editor |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Dressing Artist |
| David Abel | Director of Photography |
| John E. Tribby | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Cliff Reid | Associate Producer |
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