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The Spellbinder
The Spellbinder
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The Spellbinder

1939
1h 9m
Crime
Romance
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1939

Runtime

1h 9m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Streaming

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Storyline

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

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?

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 9m
Jul 28, 1939
Languages
English
Director
Jack Hively
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

39 Cast Members

Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy

Jed Marlowe

Barbara Read

Barbara Read

Janet Marlowe

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Tom Dixon

Allan Lane

Allan Lane

Steve Kendall

Linda Hayes

Linda Hayes

Miss Simpson

Morgan Conway

Morgan Conway

Mr. Carrington

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

Judge Butler, Second Trial

Roy Gordon

Roy Gordon

Third Trial Judge

Robert Strange

Robert Strange

First Trial Judge

Elliott Sullivan

Elliott Sullivan

Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty

Leonid Kinskey

Leonid Kinskey

Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Court Clerk, Second Trial (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Paul E. Burns

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

Clyde Dilson

Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (uncredited)

Julia Faye

Julia Faye

Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

J.J. Henkins, Auditor (uncredited)

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Tom, Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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