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The Spellbinder

NR
CrimeRomanceDrama
6/10(2 ratings)

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?

07-28-1939
1h 9m
The Spellbinder
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Main Cast

Jed Marlowe

Janet Marlowe

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Tom Dixon

Allan Lane

Allan Lane

Steve Kendall

Miss Simpson

Mr. Carrington

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

Judge Butler, Second Trial

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
Jack Hively
Production:
RKO Radio Pictures

Key Crew

Editor:
Theron Warth
Director:
Jack Hively
Screenplay:
Joseph Fields
Producer:
Cliff Reid
Director of Photography:
Russell Metty

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en