Crime ·Romance ·Drama · United States of America · 1939 · 1h 9m

The Spellbinder

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Director
Jack Hively
Cast
Lee Tracy as Jed Marlowe Barbara Read as Janet Marlowe Patric Knowles as Tom Dixon Allan Lane as Steve Kendall Linda Hayes as Miss Simpson Morgan Conway as Mr. Carrington
Crew
Russell Metty — Director of Photography Theron Warth — Editor Rex Dunn — Original Music Composer Thomas Lennon — Screenplay Joseph Fields — Screenplay Joseph Anthony — Story
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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?

Mood & Themes
crooked lawyermurderb movie
Key Collaborators
Jack Hively Director Russell Metty Director of Photography Theron Warth Editor Rex Dunn Original Music Composer Thomas Lennon Screenplay Joseph Fields Screenplay Joseph Anthony Story Cliff Reid Producer Renié Costume Design
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