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Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom like a stage and often winning his cases. Mobster Valentine Powers, who employs Cardigan and put him through school, asks him to represent a woman, June Perry, accused of prostitution. Cardigan agrees. But he never expected to fall for her, which is problematic since he's angling to become governor and will need the right kind of wife.
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May 20, 1932
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RKO Radio Pictures
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Full credits →J
John Barrymore
Tom Cardigan
H
Helen Twelvetrees
June Perry
J
Jill Esmond
Lillian Ulrich
W
William 'Stage' Boyd
Valentine 'Vanny' Powers (as William Boyd)
M
Mary Duncan
Nora Dean
R
Ralph Ince
Second Trial Defense Attorney
A
Albert Conti
Mario
F
Frederick Burton
Second Trial Judge
C
C. Henry Gordon
Attorney Graves
P
Paul Hurst
Police Captain Morgan
O
Oscar Apfel
Mr. Ulrich
B
Blanche Friderici
Night Court Judge (uncredited)
R
Raul Roulien
Señor Alvarado
