Counsel for Crime

One Word from Him... And Five Lives Are Doomed!

Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger plays William Mellon, a shifty shyster whose underhanded methods loses him the love of his sweetheart Anne (Nana Bryant), who subsequently marries a powerful senator (Thurston Hall). What Mellon doesn't know is that Anne has borne him a son, whom the senator has adopted. Reaching adulthood, Paul (Douglass Montgomery) opts for a legal career himself, taking a clerical job with his own father's firm. In typical "B"-picture, Mellon is charged with murdering one of his more odious clients -- and Paul is appointed prosecuting attorney in the case.

Cast

Otto Kruger

William Mellon

Douglass Montgomery

Paul Maddox

Julie Bishop

Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)

Thurston Hall

Sen. Maddox

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Maddox

Gene Morgan

Friday

Marc Lawrence

Edwin Mitchell

Robert Warwick

Asa Stewart

Stanley Fields

George Evans

Crew

John Brahm

Director

Harold Shumate

Story

Fred Niblo Jr.

Screenplay

Grace Neville

Screenplay

Lee Loeb

Screenplay

Harold Buchman

Screenplay