The Public Defender

Aug 1, 1931

1h 9m

★ 6.0

Overview

A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Pike Winslow

Richard Dix

Barbara Gerry

Shirley Grey

John Kirk

Purnell Pratt

Rose Harmer

Ruth Weston

The Professor

Boris Karloff

Frank Wells

Edmund Breese

Charles Harmer

Frank Sheridan

Malcolm O'Neill

Alan Roscoe

Aunt Matilda

Nella Walker

Doc

Paul Hurst

Cyrus Pringle

Carl Gerard

Detective Brady

Robert Emmett O'Connor

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