6.8Counsel for Crime · 1937
Counsel for Crime (1937) is a Romance / Crime / Drama film directed by John Brahm, starring Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery, Julie Bishop.
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6.8Overview
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.
Cast
Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery, Julie Bishop, Thurston Hall, Nana Bryant, Gene Morgan, Marc Lawrence, Robert Warwick
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What is "Counsel for Crime" about?
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.
When was "Counsel for Crime" released?
Counsel for Crime was released in 1937.
Who stars in "Counsel for Crime"?
The cast includes Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery, Julie Bishop, Thurston Hall.
