Counsel for Crime

Counsel for Crime

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 for Counsel for Crime...

Otto Kruger
William Mellon
Julie Bishop
Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)
Thurston Hall
Sen. Maddox
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Maddox
Marc Lawrence
Edwin Mitchell
Robert Warwick
Asa Stewart
Stanley Fields
George Evans