Criminal Lawyer (1937)
72 min
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.
- Date de sortie
- 29 janvier 1937
- Pays d'origine
- États-Unis
Distribution
- Lee Tracy dans le rôle de Barry Brandon
- Margot Grahame dans le rôle de Madge Carter
- Eduardo Ciannelli dans le rôle de Tony Bandini
- Erik Rhodes dans le rôle de Gene Larkin
- Betty Lawford dans le rôle de Betty Walker
- Frank M. Thomas dans le rôle de William Walker
- Wilfred Lucas dans le rôle de Brandon's Assistant
- William Stack dans le rôle de District Attorney Hopkins
- Hooper Atchley dans le rôle de Night Court Bailiff
- Brooks Benedict dans le rôle de Larkin's Henchman Giving Him a Gun
Équipe technique
- Christy Cabanne · Réalisateur
- Gladys Atwater · Scénariste
- Thomas Lennon · Scénariste
- Louis Stevens · Scénariste
- David Abel · Directeur de la photographie
- Jack Hively · Monteur