Movie Description
Counsel for the Defense
(1925)Overview
Typhus specialist Dr. David West has fought long and hard for the construction of the new municipal waterworks. Harrison Blake, the town's leading lawyer and banker, conspires to have the waterworks put into private hands and frames David for accepting a bribe. As none of the town's lawyers will take the case, Katherine, David's daughter and a recent law school graduate, accepts her first client in her father. However, the circumstantial evidence is too great and David is convicted. Harrison bribes a worker to sabotage the waterworks, causing a public clamor for their takeover by private interests. Katherine, with the aid of newspaper editor Arnold Bruce, uncovers the conspiracy after the outbreak of a typhus epidemic. David is freed, and Katherine weds Arnold.
Featured Crew
- Director : Burton L. King
- Producer : Burton L. King
- Writer : Arthur Hoerl,Leroy Scott
- Cast : Jay Hunt,Betty Compson,House Peters,Rockliffe Fellowes,Emmett King,Bernard Randall,George MacDonald,William Conklin,Joan Standing
Cast
Doc West
Katherine West
Arnold Bruce
Harrison Blake
Harvey Sherman
Stephen Marcy
Hosea Hollingsworth
Thomas Burke
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Facts
Original TitleCounsel for the Defense
Status Released
Release Information
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1925-12-06
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 10m
Production CompaniesBurton King Productions
Genres
- Drama
