Counsel for Crime 1937

One Word from Him... And Five Lives Are Doomed!

Counsel for Crime

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NR
Romance Crime Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Otto Kruger

William Mellon

Douglass Montgomery

Paul Maddox

Julie Bishop

Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)

Thurston Hall

Sen. Maddox

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Maddox

Gene Morgan

Friday

Release Date 1937-10-14
Runtime 1h 1m
Director John Brahm
Producer
Writers Harold Shumate, Fred Niblo Jr., Grace Neville, Lee Loeb, Harold Buchman