Sin's Pay Day

Mar 2, 1932

1h 4m

★ 5.2

Overview

A woman married to a defense lawyer leaves him when he refuses to stop defending criminals she believes are guilty.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Action Pictures

Sin's Pay Day Trailers

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Cast

Iris Markey

Dorothy Revier

James Markey

Forrest Stanley

Chubby Dennis

Mickey Rooney

Louie Joe

Harry Semels

David Lee

Alfred Cross

Jake Bernheim

Hal Price

Robert Webb

Lloyd Whitlock

Jane Webb

Bess Flowers

Henchman Rusty (uncredited)

Ben Hall

Derelict drinking milk (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie, looking only to win a case and not caring of the matters involved, is asked by Fertig's boss to defend him. Shocked to hear that his client wants to plead guilty, the case causes Bleakie to question his own morals by defending an honorable man.

6.4

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7.2

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5.2

Count the Hours!

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A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.

5.6

Cimarron

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7.1

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6.7

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6.2

Love Is My Profession

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5.9

In Bed with Victoria

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Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who's struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. At a friend's wedding she reconnects with Vincent, an old friend, and Sam, an old client. Her life is about to take a new turn.

5.6

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5.0

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5.0

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7.5

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Keith and Kim Lussier are a childless couple who are given custody of a 3-month-old foster child, Brittany. However, tragedy strikes when Kim dies of cancer in the middle of the adoption process, leaving Keith to fight for Brittany's custody alone.

10.0

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4.6

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4.7

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5.0

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A female lawyer begins to suspect that lawlessness is going on in prison, and a female prisoner helps her.

0.0

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0.0

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