Movie Details
Theatrical Release:October 14th, 1937
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Columbia Pictures
Movie Tags:
courtroom
Counsel for Crime (1937)
Movie"One Word from Him And Five Lives Are Doomed"
Audience Score
Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic bombastic attorney in Columbias 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 doesnt 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 fathers firm In typical Bpicture Mellon is charged with murdering one of his more odious clients and Paul is appointed prosecuting attorney in the case
DirectorJohn Brahm
