Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'Counsel for the Defense' right now, here are some helpful info about the Burton King Productions drama flick. Counsel for the Defense starring Jay Hunt, Betty Compson, House Peters, Rockliffe Fellowes has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 10 min. The release date of the movie is December 6th, 1925.
Want the short version of the plot? Here's the plot: "Typhus specialist Dr. David West has fought long and hard for the construction of the new municipal waterworks. Harrison Blake, the town's leading lawyer and banker, conspires to have the waterworks put into private hands and frames David for accepting a bribe. As none of the town's lawyers will take the case, Katherine, David's daughter and a recent law school graduate, accepts her first client in her father. However, the circumstantial evidence is too great and David is convicted. Harrison bribes a worker to sabotage the waterworks, causing a public clamor for their takeover by private interests. Katherine, with the aid of newspaper editor Arnold Bruce, uncovers the conspiracy after the outbreak of a typhus epidemic. David is freed, and Katherine weds Arnold."
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'Counsel for the Defense' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on December 6th, 1925
