The Spellbinder
Trapped - Between the Daughter he Loved and the Law He Defied!
Genres
Overview
Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
69 min
Release Date
1939-07-28
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
6
Lee Tracy
Jed Marlowe
Barbara Read
Janet Marlowe
Patric Knowles
Tom Dixon
Allan Lane
Steve Kendall
Linda Hayes
Miss Simpson
Morgan Conway
Mr. Carrington
Robert Emmett Keane
Judge Butler, Second Trial
Roy Gordon
Third Trial Judge
Robert Strange
First Trial Judge
Elliott Sullivan
Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty
Leonid Kinskey
Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
Stanley Blystone
Court Clerk, Second Trial (Uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Hotel Clerk (Uncredited)
Chester Clute
Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)
Clyde Dilson
Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (Uncredited)
Julia Faye
Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Extra (Uncredited)
Byron Foulger
J.J. Henkins, Auditor (Uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
Robert Homans
Court Policeman at Door (Uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Turnkey (Uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Raymond, School Headmistress (Uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell
Policeman Testifying at Third Trial (Uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Second Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
George Noisom
Bellboy (Uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)
Russ Powell
Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Headwaiter (Uncredited)
Leona Roberts
Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
Reporter at Third Trial (Uncredited)
Gertrude Sutton
Miss Burke, Ice Box's Wife (Uncredited)
Harland Tucker
Kendall's Editor (Uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Official from D.A.'s Office (Uncredited)
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