Movie Description
The Spellbinder
(1939)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?
Featured Crew
- Director : Jack Hively
- Producer : Cliff Reid
- Editor : Theron Warth
- Cast : Lee Tracy,Barbara Read,Patric Knowles,Allan Lane,Linda Hayes,Morgan Conway,Robert Emmett Keane,Roy Gordon,Robert Strange,Elliott Sullivan,Leonid Kinskey,Stanley Blystone,Paul E. Burns,Chester Clute,Chester Conklin,Clyde Dilson,Julia Faye,Bess Flowers,Byron Foulger,Edward Gargan,Jack Gargan,Earle Hodgins,Robert Homans,Lew Kelly,Donald Kerr,Doris Lloyd,Frank Marlowe,Tom McGuire,Bruce Mitchell,Forbes Murray,George Noisom,Emory Parnell,Russ Powell,Frank Puglia,Leona Roberts,Ronald R. Rondell,Gertrude Sutton,Harland Tucker,Monte Vandergrift
Cast
Jed Marlowe
Janet Marlowe
Tom Dixon
Steve Kendall
Miss Simpson
Mr. Carrington
Judge Butler, Second Trial
Third Trial Judge
First Trial Judge
Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty
Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
Court Clerk, Second Trial (uncredited)
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)
Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (uncredited)
Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
J.J. Henkins, Auditor (uncredited)
Tom, Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
Court Policeman at Door (uncredited)
Turnkey (uncredited)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Mrs. Raymond, School Headmistress (uncredited)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Juror, First Trial (uncredited)
Policeman Testifying at Third Trial (uncredited)
Second Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
Bellboy (uncredited)
Club 88 Doorman (uncredited)
Juror, First Trial (uncredited)
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Mrs. Jenkins (uncredited)
Reporter at Third Trial (uncredited)
Miss Burke, Ice Box's Wife (uncredited)
Kendall's Editor (uncredited)
Official from D.A.'s Office (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Spellbinder
Status Released
Release Information
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1939-07-28
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 09m
Production CompaniesRKO Radio Pictures
Genres
- Crime
- Romance
- Drama
