Counsel for Crime

One Word from Him... And Five Lives Are Doomed!

5.8
19371h 1m

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.

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Photo of Otto Kruger

Otto Kruger

William Mellon

Photo of Julie Bishop

Julie Bishop

Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)

Photo of Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

Sen. Maddox

Photo of Nana Bryant

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Maddox

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Marc Lawrence

Edwin Mitchell

Photo of Robert Warwick

Robert Warwick

Asa Stewart

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Stanley Fields

George Evans

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