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Criminal Lawyer (Widescreen)

Starring: Mary Castle, Pat O'Brien, Jane Wyatt, Carl Benton Reid, Robert Shayne, Mike Mazurki & Jerome Cowan Director: Seymour Friedman

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Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 14 minutes
Video: Black & White
Released: August 16, 2010
Originally Released: 1951
Label: Sony Pictures Home
Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Mary Castle, Pat O'Brien, Jane Wyatt, Carl Benton Reid, Robert Shayne, Mike Mazurki & Jerome Cowan
Directed by		Seymour Friedman
Screenwriting by		Harold Greene
Produced by		Rudolph C. Flothow
Director of Photography:		Phillip Tannura

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A courtroom drama boasting O'Brien in an effortless role as a topnotch attorney capable of buying off both judges and jury. When the bar association holds back its endorsement, the disgruntled lawyer takes to the bottle. Praiseworthy for its fresh and thoughtful character study.

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Though made in 1951, CRIMINAL LAWYER has the feel of a 1930s film, right down to the casting of Pat O'Brien in the lead. The star plays attorney James Regan, whose unethical methods have earned him the disdain of the American Bar Association. Eventually, Regan is even disgusted with himself, and accordingly crawls into a liquor bottle. Redeemed by the love of girl-Friday Maggie Powell (Jane Wyatt), Regan tackles a difficult make-or-break case which comprises the film's tense denouement. Critics in 1951 were impressed by the subtle performance by brutish Mike Mazurki as Regan's bodyguard; few of them were aware that the college-educated Mazurki was a sensitive, highly intelligent performer who was not at all like the thugs and pluguglies he played on screen.

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Sales Rank: 28,839
UPC: 043396359550
Shipping Weight: 0.15/lbs (approx)
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