State's Attorney Movie Review 1931

Mob attorney Barrymore finds trouble after his boss sets him up as District Attorney and he decides to go after his old cronies. His ex-prostitute lover gets caught in the middle after he dumps her for a powerful politico's daughter. Contrived, improbable story succumbs to star-quality lead acting from Barrymore. Remade in 1937 with Lee Tracy as "Criminal Lawyer."

Distribution

Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc., 1 CNN Ctr., Box 105366, Atlanta, GA 30303, Phone: (404)827-1700, Toll-free: 800-523-0823, Fax: (404)827-2000, URL: http://www.turner.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 79 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Order in the Court, Law & Lawyers, Organized Crime, Oldest Profession

Screenplay

Gene Fowler, Rowland Brown

Cast

John Barrymore, Jill Esmond, William "Stage" Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, Mary Duncan, Ralph Ince, Albert Conti, C. Henry Gordon, Leon Ames

Cinematography

Leo Tover

Director

George Archainbaud

Music

Max Steiner

Producer

RKO