Counsel for Crime

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 14, 1937

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Columbia Pictures

Cast

Thurston Hall,Marc Lawrence,Otto Kruger,Robert Warwick,Julie Bishop,Douglass Montgomery,Gene Morgan,Nana Bryant,Stanley Fields

Director

John Brahm

Writer

Harold Buchman,Harold Shumate,Fred Niblo Jr.,Grace Neville,Lee Loeb

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0028743