Counsel for Crime (1937)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1937-10-14
Runtime: 61 minutes
Director: John Brahm
Top Cast
- Otto Kruger as William Mellon
- Douglass Montgomery as Paul Maddox
- Julie Bishop as Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)
- Thurston Hall as Sen. Maddox
- Nana Bryant as Mrs. Maddox
- Gene Morgan as Friday
- Marc Lawrence as Edwin Mitchell
- Robert Warwick as Asa Stewart
- Stanley Fields as George Evans
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