Counsel for Crime

    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.

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    Cast

    • Otto KrugerWilliam Mellon
    • Douglass MontgomeryPaul Maddox
    • Julie BishopAnn McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)
    • Thurston HallSen. Maddox
    • Nana BryantMrs. Maddox
    • Gene MorganFriday
    • Marc LawrenceEdwin Mitchell
    • Robert WarwickAsa Stewart
    • Stanley FieldsGeorge Evans

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