A woman married to a defense lawyer leaves him when he refuses to stop defending criminals she believes are guilty.
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Dorothy Revier
Iris Markey
Forrest Stanley
James Markey
Mickey Rooney
Chubby Dennis
Harry Semels
Louie Joe
Alfred Cross
David Lee
Hal Price
Jake Bernheim
Lloyd Whitlock
Robert Webb
Bess Flowers
Jane Webb
Ben Hall
Henchman Rusty (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Derelict drinking milk (uncredited)
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After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
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Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
