For the Defense

July. 19,1930      NR
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them out of jail, winning acquittals, and having decisions reversed, thus springing criminals out of prison. He is romantically involved with dancer Irene Manners, who is two-timing him, although she wants to marry him. She kills a man driving while out with her other man, Jack Defoe, who takes the blame. Unfortunately, a ring Foster had just given Irene is found at the crime scene. Foster ends up defending Jack, but when the ring is found, he thinks he is protecting Irene, so pleads guilty to jury tampering.

William Powell as  William Foster
Kay Francis as  Irene Manners
Scott Kolk as  Jack Defoe
William B. Davidson as  Dist. Atty. Stone
John Elliott as  McGann
Thomas E. Jackson as  Daly
James Finlayson as  Parrott
Charles West as  Joe
Charles Sullivan as  Charlie
Ernie Adams as  Eddie Withers

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Reviews

Palaest
1930/07/19

recommended

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SparkMore
1930/07/20

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

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Dirtylogy
1930/07/21

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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Myron Clemons
1930/07/22

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

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