Action ·Adventure ·Crime ·Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1931 · 1h 4m

Defenders of the Law

Director

Cast

Catherine Dale Owen as Alice Randall Edmund Breese as Capt. Bill Houston Mae Busch as Mae Ward - Undercover Policewoman Paul Panzer as Gangster Joseph W. Girard as The Police Chief Robert Gleckler as Gangster

Crew

James S. Brown Jr. — Director of Photography Dwight Caldwell — Editor Hampton Del Ruth — Writer Louis E. Heifetz — Writer

Tagline

"Defenders of the Law" is one of the greatest gangsters pictures of the year!

Synopsis

A gang of racketeers, with the aid of a high-ranking city official has control of a big-city, and the police plant an undercover cop to gather evidence against the hoodlums - except the police keep telling the wrong person what they are up to.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Joseph Levering Director James S. Brown Jr. Director of Photography Dwight Caldwell Editor Hampton Del Ruth Writer Louis E. Heifetz Writer

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