9.0Counsel for the Defense · 1925
Counsel for the Defense (1925) is a Drama film directed by Burton L. King, starring Jay Hunt, Betty Compson, House Peters.
Drama
9.0Overview
Typhus specialist Dr. David West has fought long and hard for the construction of the new municipal waterworks. Harrison Blake, the town's leading lawyer and banker, conspires to have the waterworks put into private hands and frames David for accepting a bribe. As none of the town's lawyers will take the case, Katherine, David's daughter and a recent law school graduate, accepts her first client in her father. However, the circumstantial evidence is too great and David is convicted. Harrison bribes a worker to sabotage the waterworks, causing a public clamor for their takeover by private interests. Katherine, with the aid of newspaper editor Arnold Bruce, uncovers the conspiracy after the outbreak of a typhus epidemic. David is freed, and Katherine weds Arnold.
Cast
Jay Hunt, Betty Compson, House Peters, Rockliffe Fellowes, Emmett King, Bernard Randall, George MacDonald, William Conklin
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What is "Counsel for the Defense" about?
Typhus specialist Dr. David West has fought long and hard for the construction of the new municipal waterworks. Harrison Blake, the town's leading lawyer and banker, conspires to have the waterworks put into private hands and frames David for accepting a bribe. As none of the town's lawyers will take the case, Katherine, David's daughter and a recent law school graduate, accepts her first client in her father. However, the circumstantial evidence is too great and David is convicted. Harrison bribes a worker to sabotage the waterworks, causing a public clamor for their takeover by private interests. Katherine, with the aid of newspaper editor Arnold Bruce, uncovers the conspiracy after the outbreak of a typhus epidemic. David is freed, and Katherine weds Arnold.
When was "Counsel for the Defense" released?
Counsel for the Defense was released in 1925.
Who stars in "Counsel for the Defense"?
The cast includes Jay Hunt, Betty Compson, House Peters, Rockliffe Fellowes.
