Movie: Attorney for the Defense

Top 10 Billed Cast

Edmund Lowe
Edmund Lowe

William J. Burton

Evelyn Brent
Evelyn Brent

Val Lorraine

Constance Cummings
Constance Cummings

Ruth Barry

Don Dillaway
Don Dillaway

Paul Wallace

Douglas Haig
Douglas Haig

Paul Wallace as a Boy

Dorothy Peterson
Dorothy Peterson

Mrs. Wallace

Bradley Page
Bradley Page

Nick Quinn aka Kramer

Nat Pendleton
Nat Pendleton

Mugg Malone

Dwight Frye
Dwight Frye

James Wallace

Wallis Clark
Wallis Clark

District Attorney James A. Crowell

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