The Spellbinder

IMDb 6.0 1939 • 69 min • CrimeRomanceDrama

Director

Jack Hively

Country

US

Plot Summary

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?

Top Cast

Lee Tracy
Lee Tracy Jed Marlowe
Barbara Read
Barbara Read Janet Marlowe
Patric Knowles
Patric Knowles Tom Dixon
Allan Lane
Allan Lane Steve Kendall
Linda Hayes
Linda Hayes Miss Simpson