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.

• John BrahmDirector
• Fred Niblo Jr.Screenplay
• Grace NevilleScreenplay
• Lee LoebScreenplay
• Harold BuchmanScreenplay

• Otto KrugerWilliam Mellon
• Douglass MontgomeryPaul Maddox
• Julie BishopAnn McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)
• Thurston HallSen. Maddox
• Nana BryantMrs. Maddox
• Gene MorganFriday
• Marc LawrenceEdwin Mitchell
• Robert WarwickAsa Stewart
• Stanley FieldsGeorge Evans