One Word from Him... And Five Lives Are Doomed!
Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger plays William Mellon, a shifty shyster whose underhanded methods loses him the love of his sweetheart Anne (Nana Bryant), who subsequently marries a powerful senator (Thurston Hall). What Mellon doesn't know is that Anne has borne him a son, whom the senator has adopted. Reaching adulthood, Paul (Douglass Montgomery) opts for a legal career himself, taking a clerical job with his own father's firm. In typical "B"-picture, Mellon is charged with murdering one of his more odious clients -- and Paul is appointed prosecuting attorney in the case.
John Brahm
Director
Lee Loeb
Screenplay
Fred Niblo Jr.
Screenplay
Harold Buchman
Screenplay
Grace Neville
Screenplay
Otto Kruger
William Mellon
Douglass Montgomery
Paul Maddox
Julie Bishop
Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)
Thurston Hall
Sen. Maddox
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Maddox
Gene Morgan
Friday
Marc Lawrence
Edwin Mitchell
Robert Warwick
Asa Stewart
Stanley Fields
George Evans
