Criminal Lawyer
Criminal Lawyer
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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Cast
Lee Tracy
as Brandon
Frank M. Thomas
as William Walker
Francis McDonald
as Jack 'Fingy' Doremus (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
as Larkin's Attorney (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
as Extra at Larkin's Nightclub (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
as Brandon's Assistant
William Stack
as District Attorney Hopkins
Charles Lane
as Attorney (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
as Mrs. Manning (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan
as Bit (uncredited)
Eduardo Ciannelli
as Gene Larkin
Betty Lawford
as Betty Walker
Lita Chevret
as Nora James (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
as Wilson - Walker's Butler (uncredited)
Margot Grahame
as Madge Carter
Erik Rhodes
as Tony Bandini
William Worthington
as Party Guest (uncredited)
