Criminal Lawyer (1951)
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Though made in 1951, Criminal Lawyer has the feel of a 1930s film, right down to the casting of Pat O'Brien in the lead. The star plays attorney James Regan, whose unethical methods have earned him the disdain of the American Bar Association. Eventually, Regan is even disgusted with himself, and accordingly crawls into a liquor bottle. Redeemed by the love of girl-Friday Maggie Powell (Jane Wyatt), Regan tackles a difficult make-or-break case which comprises the film's tense denouement. Critics in 1951 were impressed by the subtle performance by brutish Mike Mazurki as Regan's bodyguard; few of them were aware that the college-educated Mazurki was a sensitive, highly intelligent performer who was not at all like the thugs and pluguglies he played on screen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Pat O'Brien - James Regan
- Carl Benton Reid - Tucker Bourne
- Robert Shayne - Clark Sommers
- Jerome Cowan - Walter Medford
- Douglas Fowley - Harry Cheney
- Louis Jean Heydt - Frank Burnett
- Wallis Clark - Melville Webber
- Charles Lane - Frederick Waterman
- Grandon Rhodes - Judge Larrabee
- Mary Ellen Hokanson - Mrs. Johnson
- Jane Wyatt - Maggie Powell
- Mary Castle - Gloria Lydendecker
- Mike Mazurki - "Moose" Hendricks
- Marvin Kaplan - Sam Kutler
- Mickey Knox - Vincent Cheney
- Harlan Warde - Byron Claymore
- Lewis Martin - Judge Selders
- Guy Beach - Edward Cranston
- Darryl Hickman - Bill Webber
- Director(s):
- Seymour Friedman
- Writer(s):
- Harold R. Greene
- Producer(s):
- Rudolph C. Flothow
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