Criminal Lawyer

"The famous trials!... tricks!... fixes!.. of the smartest mouthpiece of them all !"

1951 1h 14m EN

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 5

Crime

Synopsis

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

“The famous trials!... tricks!... fixes!.. of the smartest mouthpiece of them all !”

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Cast

Pat O'Brien
James 'Jimmy' Regan
Jane Wyatt
Maggie Powell
Carl Benton Reid
Tucker Bourne
Mary Castle
Gloria Lydendecker
Robert Shayne
Clark Sommers
Mike Mazurki
'Moose' Hendricks
Jerome Cowan
Walter Medford
Marvin Kaplan
Sam Kutler

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Seymour Friedman
Writers: Harold Greene, Harold Greene
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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75 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Seymour Friedman, shot by Philip Tannura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Charles Nelson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Pat O'Brien and Jane Wyatt and Carl Benton Reid carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The famous trials!... tricks!... fixes!.. of the smartest mouthpiece of them all !".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0043433 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Seymour Friedman directs. Philip Tannura behind the camera. Charles Nelson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
275 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Seymour Friedman, shot by Philip Tannura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Charles Nelson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Pat O'Brien and Jane Wyatt and Carl Benton Reid carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The famous trials!... tricks!... fixes!.. of the smartest mouthpiece of them all !".
8IMDB entry: tt0043433 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.