The Spellbinder

Trapped - Between the Daughter he Loved and the Law He Defied!

Duration: 69 min

Release date: 1939-07-28

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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?

Crime Romance Drama

The Spellbinder

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as Janet Marlowe

as Steve Kendall

as Miss Simpson

as Mr. Carrington

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

as Judge Butler, Second Trial

as Third Trial Judge

as First Trial Judge

Elliott Sullivan

Elliott Sullivan

as Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty

as Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

as Court Clerk, Second Trial (Uncredited)

as Hotel Clerk (Uncredited)

as Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

as Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)

as Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (Uncredited)

as Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)

as Nightclub Extra (Uncredited)

as J.J. Henkins, Auditor (Uncredited)

as Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

as Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)

as First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)

as Court Policeman at Door (Uncredited)

as Turnkey (Uncredited)

as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

as Mrs. Raymond, School Headmistress (Uncredited)

as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

as Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)

as Policeman Testifying at Third Trial (Uncredited)

as Second Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)

as Bellboy (Uncredited)

as Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)

as Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)

as Headwaiter (Uncredited)

as Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

Ronald R. Rondell

as Reporter at Third Trial (Uncredited)

Gertrude Sutton

Gertrude Sutton

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

as Kendall's Editor (Uncredited)

Monte Vandergrift

Monte Vandergrift

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

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Van Nest Polglase

Van Nest Polglase

Director of Photography

Production Executive

Albert S. D'Agostino

Albert S. D'Agostino

Assistant Art Director

Robert Russell Bennett

Robert Russell Bennett

Original Music Composer

Sound Recordist

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