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6.4A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Released: 1955-10-0988 minDir: Lewis AllenCrime, Drama
Cast
- Edward G. Robinson as Victor Scott
- Nina Foch as Ellen Miles
- Hugh Marlowe as Ray Borden
- Jayne Mansfield as Angel O'Hara
- Albert Dekker as Frank Garland
- Howard St. John as E.A. Smith
Themes
- court
- gangster
- self-defense
- based on play or musical
- crooked lawyer
- film noir
- capital punishment
- district attorney
- goon
- trial lawyer
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
2,535 votes
- Year
- 1955
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Rated
- Approved
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- film noir
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Lewis Allen
- Screenwriter
- W. R. Burnett
- Cast member
- Jayne Mansfield
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- John Peverell Marley
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 798049
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1956-01-07
- title
- Illegal
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Moss Mabry
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