The Defense Rests
HE DOUBLE CROSSED JUSTICE...UNTIL LOVE DOUBLE CROSSED HIM!!
Synopsis
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Genre: Drama, Crime
Status: Released
Director: Lambert Hillyer
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Main Cast
Jack Holt
Matthew Mitchell
Jean Arthur
Joan Hayes
Nat Pendleton
Rocky
Arthur Hohl
James Randolph
Raymond Walburn
Austin
Harold Huber
Castro
Robert Gleckler
Lou Gentry
Sarah Padden
Mrs. Evans
Shirley Grey
Mabel Wilson
Donald Meek
Fogg
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
"Joan Hayes" (Jean Arthur) is employed by hotshot criminal lawyer "Mitchell" (Jack Holt) just as he heads to court for what we are sure will be his 38th straight victory. Following a kidnapping, though, "Mrs Evans" (Sarah Padden) comes to visit and as her boss is busy, she is seen by the new and keen "Joan" who begins to piece two and two together and conclude that her butter-wouldn't-melt employer is maybe not quite the shining light he purports to be. Armed with some damning evidence, she confronts him - but events elsewhere overtake their stand-off and soon the fate of a man facing the chair is front and centre of the story. That story is a bit more substantial than many of these standard afternoon features with a rather beefier part for Arthur and a decent chemistry between the two as things get messy and dangerous. Add a couple of mob heavies and maybe just a hint of integrity and this makes for quite an enjoyable seventy minutes of crime-noir.
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