The Defense Rests

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

Lambert Hillyer Director Jo Swerling Screenplay, Story