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    The Spellbinder

    69'

    1939-07-28

    6.2

    Trapped - Between the Daughter he Loved and the Law He Defied!

    Crime,Romance,Drama

    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?

    WritingJoseph AnthonyDirectingJack Hively

    Cast

    1

    Jed Marlowe

    Lee Tracy

    1

    Janet Marlowe

    Barbara Read

    1

    Tom Dixon

    Patric Knowles

    1

    Steve Kendall

    Allan Lane

    1

    Miss Simpson

    Linda Hayes

    1

    Mr. Carrington

    Morgan Conway

    1

    Judge Butler, Second Trial

    Robert Emmett Keane

    1

    Third Trial Judge

    Roy Gordon

    1

    First Trial Judge

    Robert Strange

    1

    Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty

    Elliott Sullivan

    1

    Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player

    Leonid Kinskey

    1

    Court Clerk, Second Trial (uncredited)

    Stanley Blystone

    1

    Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

    Paul E. Burns

    1

    Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)

    Chester Clute

    1

    Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

    Chester Conklin

    1

    Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (uncredited)

    Clyde Dilson

    1

    Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

    Julia Faye

    1

    Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

    Bess Flowers

    1

    J.J. Henkins, Auditor (uncredited)

    Byron Foulger

    1

    Tom, Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    Edward Gargan

    1

    Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

    Jack Gargan

    1

    First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

    Earle Hodgins

    1

    Court Policeman at Door (uncredited)

    Robert Homans

    1

    Turnkey (uncredited)

    Lew Kelly

    1

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    Donald Kerr

    1

    Mrs. Raymond, School Headmistress (uncredited)

    Doris Lloyd

    1

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    Frank Marlowe

    1

    Juror, First Trial (uncredited)

    Tom McGuire

    1

    Policeman Testifying at Third Trial (uncredited)

    Bruce Mitchell

    1

    Second Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

    Forbes Murray

    1

    Bellboy (uncredited)

    George Noisom

    1

    Club 88 Doorman (uncredited)

    Emory Parnell

    1

    Juror, First Trial (uncredited)

    Russ Powell

    1

    Headwaiter (uncredited)

    Frank Puglia

    1

    Mrs. Jenkins (uncredited)

    Leona Roberts

    1

    Reporter at Third Trial (uncredited)

    Ronald R. Rondell

    1

    Miss Burke, Ice Box's Wife (uncredited)

    Gertrude Sutton

    1

    Kendall's Editor (uncredited)

    Harland Tucker

    1

    Official from D.A.'s Office (uncredited)

    Monte Vandergrift

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. RKO Radio Pictures
    • Vote Count: 4
    • Popularity: 0.463
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Spellbinder

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