Counsel for Crime (1937)
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Brahm
Synopsis of Counsel for Crime
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Counsel for Crime
- Otto Kruger - William Mellon
- Jacqueline Wells - Ann McIntyre
- Nana Bryant - Mrs. Maddox
- Marc Lawrence - Edwin Mitchell
- Stanley Fields - George Evans
- Douglass Montgomery - Paul Maddox
- Thurston Hall - Sen. Maddox
- Gene Morgan - Friday
- Robert Warwick - Asa Stewart
- Director(s):
- John Brahm
- Writer(s):
- Fred Niblo, Jr., Grace Neville, Lee Loeb
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