Movie
Illegal
Overview
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Details
- Release date
- 1955-10-09
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Edward G. Robinson as Victor Scott
- Nina Foch as Ellen Miles
- Hugh Marlowe as Ray Borden
- Jayne Mansfield as Angel O'Hara
- Albert Dekker as Frank Garland
- Howard St. John as E.A. Smith
- Ellen Corby as Miss Hinkel
- Edward Platt as Ralph Ford
- Jan Merlin as Andy Garth
- Robert Ellenstein as Joe Knight
- Jay Adler as Joseph Carter
- Henry Kulky as Taylor
Crew
- Lewis Allen - Director
- W.R. Burnett - Screenplay
- James R. Webb - Screenplay
- Frank J. Collins - Story
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