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Police Court is a american film of genre Drama directed by Louis King released in USA on 19 february 1932 with Henry B. Walthall

Police Court (1932)

Police Court
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Released in USA 19 february 1932
Length 1h3
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating52% 2.6361852.6361852.6361852.6361852.636185

Police Court is a 1932 American Monogram Pictures drama motion picture starring Henry B. Walthall, Leon Janney, Lionel Belmore, and King Baggot. Directed by Louis King and produced by I. E. Chadwick, the screenplay was adapted by Stuart Anthony from his story. Police Court features an all-star cast from the silent film era.

Synopsis

A once popular actor, Nat Barry (played by Henry B. Walthall), is a has-been because of his alcoholism. The legendary film star is forced by necessity to take a job selling patent medicine at a traveling sideshow dressed in a costume as Abraham Lincoln. Having trouble staying sober, he is arrested and taken before a "police court" for drunken disorder. His teenage son, Junior Barry (played by Leon Janney), pleads on Barry's behalf and Judge Robert Webster (played by Edmund Breese) grants him a reprieve.

Actors

Henry B. Walthall

(Nathaniel "Nat" Barry)Leon Janney

(Nathaniel "Junior" Barry Jr.)Lionel Belmore

(Albert Furman)King Baggot

(Harry Field)Al St. John

(Skid)
And :
Edmund Breese
Aileen Pringle
Walter James
Al Bridge
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