The Spellbinder

The Spellbinder

1939
1h 9m
6.0

6.0/10

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

Overview

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?

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date July 28, 1939
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0031961

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)

Key Crew

Jack Hively
Director
Thomas Lennon
Screenplay
Joseph Fields
Screenplay
Cliff Reid
Producer