For the Defense
6.3
“Too CLEVER to be STRAIGHT”
William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them out of jail, winning acquittals, and having decisions reversed, thus springing criminals out of prison. He is romantically involved with dancer Irene Manners, who is two-timing him, although she wants to marry him. She kills a man driving while out with her other man, Jack Defoe, who takes the blame. Unfortunately, a ring Foster had just given Irene is found at the crime scene. Foster ends up defending Jack, but when the ring is found, he thinks he is protecting Irene, so pleads guilty to jury tampering.
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William Powell
William Foster
Known for
The Thin Man
My Man Godfrey
Kay Francis
Irene Manners
Known for
Trouble in Paradise
One Way Passage
Scott Kolk
Jack Defoe
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
William B. Davidson
Dist. Atty. Stone
Known for
The Most Dangerous Game
Hell's Angels
John Elliott
McGann
Also in
The Mad Monster
Midnight Phantom
Thomas E. Jackson
Daly
Known for
The Woman in the Window
Little Caesar
Harry Walker
Miller
Also in
Father Brown
Song of the Eagle
James Finlayson
Parrott
Known for
Way Out West
Block-Heads
Charles West
Joe
Also in
In the Border States
The Female of the Species
Charles Sullivan
Charlie
Known for
Below Zero
Spite Marriage
Ernie Adams
Eddie Withers
Known for
The Pride of the Yankees
Invisible Ghost
Bertram Marburgh
Judge Evans
Also in
Before I Hang
Timothy's Quest
John Cromwell Director · Oliver H.P. Garrett Writer Jules Furthman Story
United States release July 19, 1930 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 19, 1930
Theatrical · New York City, New York
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