by Hal Erickson
synopsis
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.
characteristics
- Mob
- Mafia
- Life-sentence
- Lawyer
- Murder
- Prosecute
- Yakuza
- Son
- Prosecutor
- Prosecution
- Kill
- Investigation
- Criminal
- Courtroom
- Conviction
