Criminal Lawyer 1937

Synopsis:

Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Betty Walker, a spoiled society girl. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole group is guilty, just to get even with Larkin for a rebuke. On the same night in court, Madge Carter is on trial for disorderly conduct, and Brandon volunteers to defend her, and proves the case against her if a frame-up. Finding that she is penniless, Brandon hires her as his secretary, and falls in love with her. Brandon is appointed district attorney and has ambitions of becoming the state governor. Having dinner at Betty's home, she maneuvers him, while he is drunk, into marrying her. Later, Madge is a witness when Larkin shoots down a fellow gangster. By threatening Brandon's life, he forces her to commit perjury at his trial, and say he fired in self-defense. Brandon, the prosecuting attorney (who has had his marriage to Betty annulled) knows she is lying but doesn't know why.

Directed by: Christy Cabanne & Edward Killy
Written by: G.V. Atwater & Thomas Lennon
Runtime: 72 minutes
Cast:
Lee Tracy
Lee Tracy
Brandon 
Margot Grahame
Margot Grahame
Madge Carter 
Eduardo Ciannelli
Eduardo Ciannelli
Gene Larkin 
Betty Lawford
Betty Lawford
Betty Walker 
Erik Rhodes
Erik Rhodes
Tony Bandini 
Frank M. Thomas
Frank M. Thomas
William Walker