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Trapped - Between the Daughter he Loved and the Law He Defied!
6.3 / 10 IMDb July 28, 1939 1h 9m
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?
Director
Runtime
1h 9m
Release Date
July 28, 1939
Genre
Crime, Romance, Drama
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Producers
Cast
Lee Tracy
as Jed Marlowe
Barbara Read
as Janet Marlowe
Patric Knowles
as Tom Dixon
Allan Lane
as Steve Kendall
Linda Hayes
as Miss Simpson
Morgan Conway
as Mr. Carrington
Robert Emmett Keane
as Judge Butler, Second Trial
Roy Gordon
as Third Trial Judge
Robert Strange
as First Trial Judge
Elliott Sullivan
as Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty
Leonid Kinskey
as Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
Stanley Blystone
as Court Clerk, Second Trial (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Chester Clute
as Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
as Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
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Clyde Dilson
as Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (uncredited)
Julia Faye
as Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as J.J. Henkins, Auditor (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
as Tom, Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Production Companies
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