My Movie Finder - Logo
  • Popular
  • Coming
  • Shuffle
  • Sign Up

Login






Forgot Password
New here? Sign Up.
logo
My Movie Finder - Logo
  • Popular
  • Coming
  • Shuffle
  • Sign Up
  • Profile
  • Logout

Find Your Movie, Your Way

SEARCH BY ARTIST, MOVIE, KEYWORD OR COLLECTION.


Filters coming

The Spellbinder

The Spellbinder (1939)

Sign up to create your own list of Movies

Crime Drama Romance
Tweet

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?

Updated May 31 2020

Releases:

US -
1939-07-28
US -
1939-07-28

MoreLess Releases

Keywords:

crooked lawyer murder b movie

FACTS

Runtime: 69 mins Rating: 6.0 Tag Line: Trapped - Between the Daughter he Loved and the Law He Defied!
282397



Cast

Leonid Kinskey
Leonid Kinskey
Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
Patric Knowles
Patric Knowles
Tom Dixon
Leona Roberts
Leona Roberts
Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler
Girl (Uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Raymond, School Headmistress (Uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Chester Conklin
Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Stanley Blystone
Court Clerk, Second Trial (Uncredited)
Chester Clute
Chester Clute
Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
Leonid Kinskey
Leonid Kinskey
Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
Patric Knowles
Patric Knowles
Tom Dixon
Leona Roberts
Leona Roberts
Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler
Girl (Uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Raymond, School Headmistress (Uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Chester Conklin
Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Stanley Blystone
Court Clerk, Second Trial (Uncredited)
Chester Clute
Chester Clute
Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
Lee Tracy
Lee Tracy
Jed Marlowe
Robert Strange
Robert Strange
First Trial Judge
Roy Gordon
Roy Gordon
Third Trial Judge
Edward Gargan
Edward Gargan
Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Lew Kelly
Turnkey (Uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Frank Puglia
Headwaiter (Uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Earle Hodgins
First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
Robert Homans
Robert Homans
Court Policeman at Door (Uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Paul E. Burns
Hotel Clerk (Uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
J.J. Henkins, Auditor (Uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
Robert Emmett Keane
Judge Butler, Second Trial
Elliott Sullivan
Elliott Sullivan
Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty
Frank Marlowe
Frank Marlowe
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Russ Powell
Russ Powell
Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)
Morgan Conway
Morgan Conway
Mr. Carrington
Allan Lane
Allan Lane
Steve Kendall
Tom McGuire
Tom McGuire
Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Monte Vandergrift
Official from D.A.'s Office (Uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Extra (Uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell
Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)
Julia Faye
Julia Faye
Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
Barbara Read
Barbara Read
Janet Marlowe
Forbes Murray
Forbes Murray
Second Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
Harland Tucker
Harland Tucker
Kendall's Editor (Uncredited)
Linda Hayes
Linda Hayes
Miss Simpson
Jack Gargan
Jack Gargan
Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell
Bruce Mitchell
Policeman Testifying at Third Trial (Uncredited)
Gertrude Sutton
Gertrude Sutton
Miss Burke, Ice Box's Wife (Uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
Ronald R. Rondell
Reporter at Third Trial (Uncredited)
Clyde Dilson
Clyde Dilson
Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (Uncredited)
George Noisom
George Noisom
Bellboy (Uncredited)

MoreLess Cast

Crew

Roy Webb
Roy Webb
Music
Theron Warth
Theron Warth
Editor
Albert S. D'Agostino
Albert S. D'Agostino
Assistant Art Director
Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Joseph Fields
Joseph Fields
Screenplay
Cliff Reid
Cliff Reid
Producer
Russell Metty
Russell Metty
Director of Photography
Renié
Renié
Costume Design
Roy Webb
Roy Webb
Music
Theron Warth
Theron Warth
Editor
Albert S. D'Agostino
Albert S. D'Agostino
Assistant Art Director
Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Joseph Fields
Joseph Fields
Screenplay
Cliff Reid
Cliff Reid
Producer
Russell Metty
Russell Metty
Director of Photography
Renié
Renié
Costume Design
Lee S. Marcus
Lee S. Marcus
Production Executive
John E. Tribby
John E. Tribby
Sound Recordist
Jack Hively
Jack Hively
Director
Rex Dunn
Rex Dunn
Music Director
Rex Dunn
Rex Dunn
Original Music Composer
Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Russell Bennett
Orchestrator
Thomas Lennon
Thomas Lennon
Screenplay
Eugene Joseff
Eugene Joseff
Music Director
Joseph Anthony
Joseph Anthony
Story
Gene Rose
Gene Rose
Music

MoreLess Crew

If you liked this then you may like:

Citizen Kane
15
Notorious
303
Bringing Up Baby
900
Stranger on the Third Floor
29481
In Name Only
33030
Love Affair
43739
The Falcon in Hollywood
44170
The Falcon's Brother
44174
The Saint's Double Trouble
45571
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
46542
Having Wonderful Time
46617
The Saint Strikes Back
47744
The Saint Takes Over
54756
The Saint In Palm Springs
74547
Millionaires in Prison
86469
Tom, Dick and Harry
86604
The Half Naked Truth
97657
The Big Street
98262
Sky Giant
99869
They Made Her a Spy
99995
A Woman Rebels
108348
Special Investigator
120804
Twelve Crowded Hours
120807
Blind Alibi
120812
A Bill of Divorcement
120998
Beauty for the Asking
140314
Crashing Hollywood
161203
The Public Defender
164205
In Person
169267
The Girl from Mexico
177239
A Man to Remember
177436
The Man Who Found Himself
184952
Sued for Libel
199554
Vigil in the Night
200862
Wildcat Bus
211651
Almost a Gentleman
221706
Racing Lady
222729
Tarnished Angel
224162
Criminal Lawyer
240331
Next Time I Marry
247601
A Night of Adventure
253616
Reno
256394
Two Alone
261564
Conspiracy
280141
Danger Patrol
280436
Everybody's Doing It
280516
Night Spot
280554
Cross-Country Romance
282476
I'm Still Alive
282478
You Can't Buy Luck
321067
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Updates
  • Privacy Policy

© 2015 My Movie Finder sister site to The Film Finder. All rights reserved.

  • Google+
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
http://mymoviefinder.com