The Public Defender
1931 film
- July 31, 1931 (1931-07-31) ( Premiere-New York City)
- August 1, 1931 (1931-08-01) (U.S.)[1]
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The Public Defender is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by J. Walter Ruben, starring Richard Dix and featuring Boris Karloff.
Plot
Rich playboy Pike Winslow dons the mantle of 'The Reckoner', a mysterious avenger, when he learns that his lady friend Barbara Gerry's father has been framed in a bank embezzlement scandal. Using meticulous planning and split-second timing, Pike, along with his associates, the erudite 'Professor' and tough-guy scrapper 'Doc', attempt to find proof that will clear Gerry and identify the real culprits.
Cast
- Richard Dix as Pike Winslow
- Shirley Grey as Barbara Gerry
- Purnell Pratt as John Kirk
- Ruth Weston as Rose Harmer
- Edmund Breese as Frank Wells
- Frank Sheridan as Charles Harmer
- Alan Roscoe as Inspector Malcolm O'Neil
- Boris Karloff as 'Professor'
- Nella Walker as Aunt Matilda
- Paul Hurst as 'Doc'
- Carl Gerard as Cyrus Pringle
- Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Brady
- Phillips Smalley as Thomas Drake (as Phillip Smalley)
See also
- Boris Karloff filmography
References
- ^ "The Public Defender: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
External links
- The Public Defender at IMDb
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Films directed by J. Walter Ruben
- The Public Defender (1931)
- Secret Service (1931)
- The Roadhouse Murder (1932)
- The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
- No Other Woman (1933)
- The Great Jasper (1933)
- No Marriage Ties (1933)
- Ace of Aces (1933)
- Man of Two Worlds (1934)
- Success at Any Price (1934)
- Where Sinners Meet (1934)
- Java Head (1934)
- Public Hero Number 1 (1935)
- Riffraff (1936)
- Old Hutch (1936)
- Trouble for Two (1936)
- The Good Old Soak (1937)
- The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)
- Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
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