Counsel for Crime (1937)

Counsel for Crime (1937)

One Word from Him... And Five Lives Are Doomed! 1937-10-14 United States of America 61 Min. PG-13
6.5 1 votes

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.

Cast

Otto Kruger is William Mellon
William Mellon
Douglass Montgomery is Paul Maddox
Julie Bishop is Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)
Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)
Thurston Hall is Sen. Maddox
Sen. Maddox
Nana Bryant is Mrs. Maddox
Mrs. Maddox
Gene Morgan is Friday
Marc Lawrence is Edwin Mitchell
Edwin Mitchell
Robert Warwick is Asa Stewart
Asa Stewart
Stanley Fields is George Evans
George Evans