The Spellbinder(1939)

Trapped - Between the Daughter he Loved and the Law He Defied!

6.2(4)1h 9mJuly 28, 1939

Synopsis

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?

Directed by Jack Hively

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Cast

Lee Tracy

Jed Marlowe

Barbara Read

Janet Marlowe

Patric Knowles

Tom Dixon

Allan Lane

Steve Kendall

Linda Hayes

Miss Simpson

Morgan Conway

Mr. Carrington

Robert Emmett Keane

Judge Butler, Second Trial

Roy Gordon

Third Trial Judge

Robert Strange

First Trial Judge

Elliott Sullivan

Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty

Leonid Kinskey

Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player

Stanley Blystone

Court Clerk, Second Trial (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Dr. Hillary Schunk (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

Clyde Dilson

Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (uncredited)

Julia Faye

Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

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When did The Spellbinder come out?+

The Spellbinder was released in 1939.

How long is The Spellbinder?+

The Spellbinder runs for 69 minutes (1 hour and 9 minutes).

Who directed The Spellbinder?+

The Spellbinder was directed by Jack Hively.

Who stars in The Spellbinder?+

The Spellbinder stars Lee Tracy, Barbara Read, Patric Knowles, Allan Lane and Linda Hayes.

The Spellbinder(1939)

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