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Plot

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.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
61min.
Director(s):
Hans Brahm
Starring:
Otto Kruger , Douglass Montgomery , Julie Bishop , Thurston Hall , Nana Bryant
Keywords:
District-Attorney,alibi,conviction,courtroom,criminal,father,gangster,generation-gap,imprisonment,investigation,killing,lawyer,life-sentence,murder,prosecutor,son