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State's Attorney is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Archainbaud released in USA on 20 may 1932 with John Barrymore

State's Attorney (1932)

State's Attorney
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Released in USA 20 may 1932
Length 1h13
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating65% 3.29123.29123.29123.29123.2912

State's Attorney is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film made at RKO and starring John Barrymore. George Archainbaud directed and the film could more or less be considered a warm up for Barrymore when he later went to Universal to film the similar Counsellor at Law. Remade in 1937 and 1951 both titled Criminal Lawyer. The story was supposedly based on the life of criminal lawyer William J. Fallon, who defended 126 homicide cases without any convictions.

Synopsis

In this pre-Production Code drama, John Barrymore plays near-alcoholic defense attorney Tom Cardigan who handles a lot of cases for his childhood friend, gangster Valentine "Vanny" Powers (William "Stage" Boyd who used "Stage" as his middle name to distinguish him from the better known William Boyd of Hopalong Cassidy fame).

Actors

John Barrymore

(Tom Cardigan)Helen Twelvetrees

(June Perry)Jill Esmond

(Lillian Ulrich)Mary Duncan

(Nora Dean)Ralph Ince

(Second Trial Defense Attorney)
And :
Albert Conti
Frederick Burton
C. Henry Gordon
Paul Hurst
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