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Criminal Lawyer

Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Betty Walker, a spoiled society girl. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole group is guilty, just to get even with Larkin for a rebuke. On the same night in court, Madge Carter is on trial for disorderly conduct, and Brandon volunteers to defend her, and proves the case against her if a frame-up. Finding that she is penniless, Brandon hires her as his secretary, and falls in love with her. Brandon is appointed district attorney and has ambitions of becoming the state governor. Having dinner at Betty's home, she maneuvers him, while he is drunk, into marrying her. Later, Madge is a witness when Larkin shoots down a fellow gangster. By threatening Brandon's life, he forces her to commit perjury at his trial, and say he fired in self-defense. Brandon, the prosecuting attorney (who has had his marriage to Betty annulled) knows she is lying but doesn't know why.

Release : January 29, 1937

Budget : $0.00

Revenue : $0.00

Duration : 72 minutes

Rating : 5.90

Credits

Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy ( Lee Tracy )

Brandon

Margot Grahame

Margot Grahame ( Margot Grahame )

Madge Carter

Eduardo Ciannelli

Eduardo Ciannelli ( Eduardo Ciannelli )

Gene Larkin

Betty Lawford

Betty Lawford ( Betty Lawford )

Betty Walker

Erik Rhodes

Erik Rhodes ( Erik Rhodes )

Tony Bandini

Frank M. Thomas

Frank M. Thomas ( Frank M. Thomas )

William Walker

Wilfred Lucas

Wilfred Lucas ( Wilfred Lucas )

Brandon's Assistant

William Stack

William Stack ( William Stack )

District Attorney Hopkins

Charles Lane

Charles Lane ( Charles Lane )

Attorney (uncredited)

Aileen Pringle

Aileen Pringle ( Aileen Pringle )

Mrs. Manning (uncredited)

Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald ( Francis McDonald )

Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)

Lita Chevret

Lita Chevret ( Lita Chevret )

Nora James (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

Theodore von Eltz ( Theodore von Eltz )

Larkin's Attorney (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Cyril Ring ( Cyril Ring )

Extra at Larkin's Nightclub (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan

Edward Van Sloan ( Edward Van Sloan )

Bit (uncredited)

William Worthington

William Worthington ( William Worthington )

Party Guest (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey ( Sidney Bracey )

Wilson - Walker's Butler (uncredited)

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