The Defense Rests

Wilfrid North as Silent Judge Hal Taggart as Minor Role Jack Holt as Matthew Mitchell Shirley Grey as Mabel Wilson Sarah Padden as Mrs. Evans Sam Lufkin as Masseur / Trainer Hal Price as Tim Donald Meek as Fogg Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Monte Ballou Selmer Jackson as Duffy Samuel S. Hinds as Dean Adams Geneva Mitchell as Mitchell's Receptionist Ward Bond as Hood Frank O'Connor as Minor Role Jerome Storm as Reporter Billy West as Reporter Arnold Gray as Minor Role Charles Brinley as Bartender Oliver Eckhardt as Jury Foreman Harold Huber as Castro Don Brodie as Reporter Kernan Cripps as Policeman Jean Arthur as Joan Hayes Nat Pendleton as Rocky Milla Davenport as Neighbor Sam Hayes as Radio Announcer Howard Hickman as Judge Raymond Hatton as Louie Bess Flowers as Receptionist Lydia Knott as Hospital Patient Reginald Simpson as Minor Role Robert Gleckler as Lou Gentry J. Carrol Naish as Monte Ballou Charles King as Reporter Frank Mills as Henchman John Wray as Michael Cooney Mary Gordon as Scrub Woman Charles McAvoy as Guard Arthur Hohl as James Randolph Brooks Benedict as Charlie Raymond Walburn as Austin Carrie Daumery as Dowager on Gambling Ship

Jo Swerling Story, Screenplay Lambert Hillyer Director