Criminal Lawyer
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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.
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Lee Tracy
Brandon
Known for
Bombshell
Doctor X
Margot Grahame
Madge Carter
Known for
The Informer
The Crimson Pirate
Eduardo Ciannelli
Gene Larkin
Known for
Boot Hill
Foreign Correspondent
Betty Lawford
Betty Walker
Also in
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
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Erik Rhodes
Tony Bandini
Known for
Top Hat
The Gay Divorcee
Frank M. Thomas
William Walker
Known for
Bachelor Mother
Wilfred Lucas
Brandon's Assistant
Known for
Modern Times
A Chump at Oxford
William Stack
District Attorney Hopkins
Also in
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The Last of the Mohicans
Charles Lane
Attorney (uncredited)
Known for
The Aristocats
Sybil
Aileen Pringle
Mrs. Manning (uncredited)
Also in
The Mystic
Murder at Midnight
Francis McDonald
Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
Known for
Morocco
Battling Butler
Lita Chevret
Nora James (uncredited)
Also in
The Fatal Hour
Symphony of Six Million
Christy Cabanne Director · Edward Killy Director Thomas Lennon Screenplay
United States release January 29, 1937 · Produced in United States · Production RKO
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RKO Radio Pictures
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RKO
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United States
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English
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English
Release dates
United States · January 29, 1937
Theatrical
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