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For the Defense is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Cromwell released in USA on 19 july 1930 with William Powell

For the Defense (1930)

For the Defense
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Released in USA 19 july 1930
Length 1h25
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime,    Romance
Rating63% 3.190553.190553.190553.190553.19055

For the Defense is a 1930 Pre-Code crime drama film starring William Powell as a lawyer whose ethics are challenged when the woman he loves hits and kills a pedestrian while out driving with another suitor.

Synopsis

In New York City, William Foster (William Powell) is a criminal defense attorney so successful that prosecutors regard him as a menace. He holds himself to high ethical standards but is willing to mislead without actually lying.

Actors

William Powell

(William Foster)Kay Francis

(Irene Manners)William B. Davidson

(Dist. Atty. Stone)John Elliott

(McGann)Thomas E. Jackson

(Daly)
And :
James Finlayson
Charles West
Charles Sullivan
Ernie Adams
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