Counsel for Crime (1937)
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.
Director:
John Brahm
Writers:
Fred Niblo Jr., Grace Neville, Lee Loeb, Harold Buchman.
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Otto Kruger as William Mellon |
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Douglass Montgomery as Paul Maddox |
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Julie Bishop as Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells) |
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Thurston Hall as Sen. Maddox |
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Nana Bryant as Mrs. Maddox |
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Gene Morgan as Friday |
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Marc Lawrence as Edwin Mitchell |
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Robert Warwick as Asa Stewart |
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Stanley Fields as George Evans |
| Directing | John Brahm | Director |
| Writing | Harold Shumate | Story |
| Writing | Fred Niblo Jr. | Screenplay |
| Writing | Grace Neville | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lee Loeb | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harold Buchman | Screenplay |
