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Criminal Lawyer
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Criminal Lawyer

Aug 23, 1951
1h 14m
★ 7.4

The famous trials!... tricks!... fixes!.. of the smartest mouthpiece of them all !

Overview

A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Pat O'Brien

James 'Jimmy' Regan

Pat O'Brien

Jane Wyatt

Maggie Powell

Jane Wyatt

Carl Benton Reid

Tucker Bourne

Carl Benton Reid

Mary Castle

Gloria Lydendecker

Mary Castle

Robert Shayne

Clark Sommers

Robert Shayne

Mike Mazurki

'Moose' Hendricks

Mike Mazurki

Jerome Cowan

Walter Medford

Jerome Cowan

Marvin Kaplan

Sam Kutler

Marvin Kaplan

Douglas Fowley

Harry Cheney

Douglas Fowley

Mickey Knox

Vincent Cheney

Mickey Knox

Louis Jean Heydt

Frank Burnett

Louis Jean Heydt

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Byron Claymore

Harlan Warde