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The Spellbinder (1939)

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

Genre : Crime, Romance, Drama

Runtime : 1H 9M

Director : Jack Hively
Writer : Thomas Lennon, Joseph Fields

Synopsis

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?

Actors

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)

Crews

Jack Hively
Jack Hively
Director
Joseph Anthony
Joseph Anthony
Story
Thomas Lennon
Thomas Lennon
Screenplay
Joseph Fields
Joseph Fields
Screenplay
Cliff Reid
Cliff Reid
Producer
Theron Warth
Theron Warth
Editor
Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Renié
Renié
Costume Design
Russell Metty
Russell Metty
Director of Photography
Lee S. Marcus
Lee S. Marcus
Production Executive
Albert S. D'Agostino
Albert S. D'Agostino
Assistant Art Director
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Orchestrator
Roy Webb
Roy Webb
Music
Gene Rose
Gene Rose
Music
Rex Dunn
Rex Dunn
Music Director
Rex Dunn
Rex Dunn
Original Music Composer
John E. Tribby
John E. Tribby
Sound Recordist

Posters and backgrounds

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