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

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?

1h 9m1939NRTMDb 6.2

CrimeRomanceDrama

English

Crew and Cast

Jack HivelyDirectorLee TracyLee TracyJed MarloweBarbara ReadBarbara ReadJanet MarlowePatric KnowlesPatric KnowlesTom DixonAllan LaneAllan LaneSteve KendallLinda HayesLinda HayesMiss SimpsonMorgan ConwayMorgan ConwayMr. CarringtonRobert Emmett KeaneRobert Emmett KeaneJudge Butler · Second TrialRoy GordonRoy GordonThird Trial JudgeRobert StrangeRobert StrangeFirst Trial JudgeElliott SullivanElliott SullivanHarry 'Ice Box' SwinnertyLeonid KinskeyLeonid KinskeyHarry Beldon · Saxophone PlayerStanley BlystoneStanley BlystoneCourt Clerk · Second TrialPaul E. BurnsPaul E. BurnsHotel ClerkChester CluteChester CluteDr. Hillary SchunkChester ConklinChester ConklinCourtroom Extra
Clyde DilsonDuffy · Second Trial BailiffJulia FayeJulia FayeCourtroom ExtraBess FlowersBess FlowersNightclub ExtraByron FoulgerByron FoulgerJ.J. Henkins · AuditorEdward GarganEdward GarganTom · Taxi DriverJack GarganJack GarganCourtroom ExtraEarle HodginsEarle HodginsFirst Marriage License ClerkRobert HomansRobert HomansCourt Policeman at DoorLew KellyLew KellyTurnkeyDonald KerrDonald KerrTaxi DriverDoris LloydDoris LloydMrs. Raymond · School HeadmistressFrank MarloweFrank MarloweTaxi DriverTom McGuireTom McGuireJuror · First Trial
Bruce MitchellPoliceman Testifying at Third TrialForbes MurrayForbes MurraySecond Marriage License Clerk

Storyline

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?

  • RKO Radio Pictures

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Info

Status
Released
Released
28 July 1939
Runtime
1h 9m
Rating
NR
TMDB score
6.2 / 10 (4 votes)

Production

Director
Jack Hively
Writers
Joseph Anthony, Thomas Lennon, Joseph Fields
Studios
RKO Radio Pictures
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English