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Counsel for Crime
Counsel for Crime

Counsel for Crime

One Word from Him... And Five Lives Are Doomed!

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RomanceCrimeDrama

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

61 mins

Rating

5.75/10

Release Date

14 October 1937

Country

United States of America

Cast

Otto Kruger

Otto Kruger

William Mellon

Douglass Montgomery

Douglass Montgomery

Paul Maddox

Julie Bishop

Julie Bishop

Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

Sen. Maddox

Nana Bryant

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Maddox

Gene Morgan

Gene Morgan

Friday

Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence

Edwin Mitchell

Robert Warwick

Robert Warwick

Asa Stewart

Stanley Fields

Stanley Fields

George Evans

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