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Criminal Lawyer (1951)

Criminal Lawyer (1951), directed by Seymour Friedman, starring Pat O'Brien and Jane Wyatt.

08/23/1951 BR Crime 1h 14m

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Synopsis

A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.

  • Philip TannuraCinematography
  • Seymour FriedmanDirector
  • Charles NelsonEditing
  • Rudolph C. FlothowProducer

About the film

Criminal Lawyer is a 1951 American crime film noir directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Pat O'Brien and Jane Wyatt.

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Criminal Lawyer is a 1951 American crime film noir directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Pat O'Brien and Jane Wyatt.

Plot

An alcoholic attorney tries to maintain sobriety in order to defend a friend in a murder case.

Cast

Pat O'Brien as James Edward Reagan

Jane Wyatt as Maggie Powell

Carl Benton Reid as Tucker Bourne

Mary Castle as Gloria Lydendecker

Robert Shayne as Clark P. Sommers

Mike Mazurki as "Moose" Hendricks

Jerome Cowan as Walter Medford

Marvin Kaplan as Sam Kutler

Douglas Fowley as Harry Cheney

Mickey Knox as Vincent Cheney

Louis Jean Heydt as Frank Burnett

See also

List of American films of 1951

References

Bibliography

Blottner, Gene. Columbia Noir: A Complete Filmography, 1940-1962. McFarland, 2015.

External links

Criminal Lawyer at IMDb

Criminal Lawyer at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Criminal Lawyer at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Text from Criminal Lawyer (1951 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Lawyer_(1951_film)

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What is Criminal Lawyer about?

Criminal Lawyer: A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.

Who directed Criminal Lawyer?

Criminal Lawyer was directed by Seymour Friedman in 1951.

Who stars in Criminal Lawyer?

The cast of Criminal Lawyer includes Pat O'Brien, Jane Wyatt, Carl Benton Reid, Mary Castle and Robert Shayne.

How long is Criminal Lawyer?

Criminal Lawyer runs for 74 minutes, or 1h14.

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