Criminal Lawyer (1951 film)

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Criminal Lawyer
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Directed by Seymour Friedman
Written byHarold Greene
Produced byRudolph C. Flothow
Starring Pat O'Brien
Jane Wyatt
Cinematography Philip Tannura
Edited by Charles Nelson
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 23, 1951 (1951-08-23)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Criminal Lawyer is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Pat O'Brien and Jane Wyatt. [1]

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Plot

A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in a murder case.

Cast

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References

  1. Blottner p.48-49

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