Counsel for Crime 1937

Name: Counsel for Crime
Released: 1937-10-14
Cast: Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery, Julie Bishop, Thurston Hall, Nana Bryant

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	John Brahm
Written by:	Fred Niblo Jr. & Harold Buchman & Lee Loeb & Grace Neville
Runtime:	61 minutes
Tagline:	One Word from Him... And Five Lives Are Doomed!