The Spellbinder

The Spellbinder

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

1939 en 69 minutes

Rating: 6

Plot

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?

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Cast

Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy

Jed Marlowe

Barbara Read

Barbara Read

Janet Marlowe

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Tom Dixon

Allan Lane

Allan Lane

Steve Kendall

Linda Hayes

Linda Hayes

Miss Simpson

Morgan Conway

Morgan Conway

Mr. Carrington

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

Judge Butler, Second Trial

Roy Gordon

Roy Gordon

Third Trial Judge

Robert Strange

Robert Strange

First Trial Judge

Elliott Sullivan

Elliott Sullivan

Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty

Leonid Kinskey

Leonid Kinskey

Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Court Clerk, Second Trial (Uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Paul E. Burns

Hotel Clerk (Uncredited)

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)

Clyde Dilson

Clyde Dilson

Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (Uncredited)

Julia Faye

Julia Faye

Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Extra (Uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

J.J. Henkins, Auditor (Uncredited)

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Jack Gargan

Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

Earle Hodgins

First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)

Robert Homans

Robert Homans

Court Policeman at Door (Uncredited)

Lew Kelly

Lew Kelly

Turnkey (Uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Doris Lloyd

Doris Lloyd

Mrs. Raymond, School Headmistress (Uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Frank Marlowe

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Tom McGuire

Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

Bruce Mitchell

Policeman Testifying at Third Trial (Uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Forbes Murray

Second Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)

George Noisom

George Noisom

Bellboy (Uncredited)

Emory Parnell

Emory Parnell

Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)

Russ Powell

Russ Powell

Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)

Frank Puglia

Frank Puglia

Headwaiter (Uncredited)

Leona Roberts

Leona Roberts

Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

Ronald R. Rondell

Reporter at Third Trial (Uncredited)

Gertrude Sutton

Gertrude Sutton

Miss Burke, Ice Box's Wife (Uncredited)

Harland Tucker

Harland Tucker

Kendall's Editor (Uncredited)

Monte Vandergrift

Monte Vandergrift

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

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