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The Spellbinder

Genres
Crime
Romance
Drama
Rating
6.0
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date1939-07-28
Runtime69 mins

Overview

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?

Cast & Crew

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Lee Tracy

as Jed Marlowe

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Barbara Read

as Janet Marlowe

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Patric Knowles

as Tom Dixon

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Allan Lane

as Steve Kendall

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Linda Hayes

as Miss Simpson

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Morgan Conway

as Mr. Carrington

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Robert Emmett Keane

as Judge Butler, Second Trial

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Roy Gordon

as Third Trial Judge

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Robert Strange

as First Trial Judge

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Elliott Sullivan

as Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty

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Leonid Kinskey

as Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player

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Stanley Blystone

as Court Clerk, Second Trial (uncredited)

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Paul E. Burns

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Chester Clute

as Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)

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Chester Conklin

as Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

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Clyde Dilson

as Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (uncredited)

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Julia Faye

as Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

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Byron Foulger

as J.J. Henkins, Auditor (uncredited)

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Edward Gargan

as Tom, Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Jack Gargan

as Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

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Earle Hodgins

as First Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

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Robert Homans

as Court Policeman at Door (uncredited)

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Lew Kelly

as Turnkey (uncredited)

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Donald Kerr

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Doris Lloyd

as Mrs. Raymond, School Headmistress (uncredited)

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Frank Marlowe

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Tom McGuire

as Juror, First Trial (uncredited)

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Bruce Mitchell

as Policeman Testifying at Third Trial (uncredited)

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Forbes Murray

as Second Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)

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George Noisom

as Bellboy (uncredited)

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Emory Parnell

as Club 88 Doorman (uncredited)

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Russ Powell

as Juror, First Trial (uncredited)

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Frank Puglia

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

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Leona Roberts

as Mrs. Jenkins (uncredited)

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Ronald R. Rondell

as Reporter at Third Trial (uncredited)

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Gertrude Sutton

as Miss Burke, Ice Box's Wife (uncredited)

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Harland Tucker

as Kendall's Editor (uncredited)

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Monte Vandergrift

as Official from D.A.'s Office (uncredited)

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