Counsel for Crime (1937)

Crime Drama Romance

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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1937-10-14

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Runtime: 61 mins Rating: 6.5 Tag Line: One Word from Him... And Five Lives Are Doomed!

Cast

Marc Lawrence

Edwin Mitchell

Otto Kruger

William Mellon

Stanley Fields

George Evans

Robert Warwick

Asa Stewart

Thurston Hall

Sen. Maddox

Julie Bishop

Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Maddox

Douglass Montgomery

Paul Maddox

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