The Spellbinder (1939)
In this crime drama, a shyster lawyer makes his living earning acquittals for his guilty clients. Most recently he freed a powerful crime lord. He comes to regret this when his daughter falls in love with the gangster. Despite his efforts to dissuade the criminal from pursuing the relationship, the gangster does. The desperate lawyer then kills the gangster and soon finds himself on trial for murder. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lee Tracy, Barbara Read, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jack Hively
Synopsis of The Spellbinder
In this crime drama, a shyster lawyer makes his living earning acquittals for his guilty clients. Most recently he freed a powerful crime lord. He comes to regret this when his daughter falls in love with the gangster. Despite his efforts to dissuade the criminal from pursuing the relationship, the gangster does. The desperate lawyer then kills the gangster and soon finds himself on trial for murder. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Spellbinder
- Lee Tracy - Jed Marlowe
- Patric Knowles - Tom Dixon
- Morgan Conway - Carrington
- Roy Gordon - Third Judge
- Leonid Kinskey - Harry Beldon
- Allan Lane - Steve Kendall
- Emory Parnell - Doorman
- Robert E. Homans - Bailiff
- Chester Clute - Dr. H. Schunk
- Barbara Read - Janet Marlowe
- Linda Hayes - Miss Simpson
- Robert Emmett Keane - Judge Butler
- Elliott Sullivan - Ice Box Swinnerty
- Paul E. Burns - Hotel Clerk
- Frank Puglia - Headwaiter
- Byron Foulger - Henkins
- Edward Gargan - Taxi Driver
- Director(s):
- Jack Hively
- Writer(s):
- Thomas Lennon, Joseph Fields
- Producer(s):
- Cliff Reid
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