Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger plays William Mellon, a shifty shyster whose underhanded methods loses him the love of his sweetheart Anne (Nana Bryant), who subsequently marries a powerful senator (Thurston Hall). What Mellon doesn't know is that Anne has borne him a son, whom the senator has adopted. Reaching adulthood, Paul (Douglass Montgomery) opts for a legal career himself, taking a clerical job with his own father's firm. In typical "B"-picture, Mellon is charged with murdering one of his more odious clients -- and Paul is appointed prosecuting attorney in the case.
Otto Kruger
as William Mellon
Douglass Montgomery
as Paul Maddox
Julie Bishop
as Ann McIntyre (as Jacqueline Wells)
Thurston Hall
as Sen. Maddox
Nana Bryant
as Mrs. Maddox
Gene Morgan
as Friday
Marc Lawrence
as Edwin Mitchell
Robert Warwick
as Asa Stewart
Stanley Fields
as George Evans
