COUNSEL FOR CRIME.

Paul is the adopted son of Senator Robert Maddox's (Maddox) adopted son. He is offered a job at Bill Mellon's (Kruger) law firm. Mellon, an unscrupulous criminal lawyer, is actually Paul's real father. When Paul discovers Mellon's corruption, he quits and lands a job as assistant district attorney.

Credits

Cast
Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery, Thurston Hall
Complete catalog record
COUNSEL FOR CRIME. 1937. 7 reels, sd. Credits: Director, John Brahm; story, Harold Shumate; screenplay, Fred Niblo, Jr., Grace Neville; Lee Loeb, Harold Buchman; film editor, Otto Meyer; music director, Morris Stoloff. Columbia Pictures Corp. of California, Ltd.; 4Sep37; LP7388.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q16249515 ↗ — color, country