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The Mouthpiece ()

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Prosecutor becomes a defense attorney after an innocent man is sent to an electric chair.
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Vincent 'Vince' Day
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Celia Farraday
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Miss Hickey
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Mr. Barton
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Elaine
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J.B. Roscoe
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E.A. Smith
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Bartender
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Tony Rocco (as J. Carroll Naish)
Walter Walker ...
District Attorney Forbes
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Mr. Pondapolis
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Thompson--Day's Butler
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Miss DeVere
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John 'Johnny' Morris
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Rocco Trial Judge (uncredited)
Davison Clark ...
Detective Arresting Garland (uncredited)
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Office Worker (uncredited)
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Crying Prospective Client (uncredited)
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Chinese Waiter (uncredited)
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Platinum Blonde at Party (uncredited)
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J.B.'s Henchman (uncredited)
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Prison Clerk (uncredited)
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Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Joe Garland (uncredited)
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Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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J.B.'s Henchman (uncredited)
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The Gardener-Murderer (uncredited)
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Robert Wilson (uncredited)
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Gladys (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ...
Maitre d' (uncredited)

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James Flood
Elliott Nugent

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Frank J. Collins ... (play) (as Frank Collins)
 
Joseph Jackson ... (screenplay)
 
Earl Baldwin ... (adaptation)
 
Earl Baldwin ... (dialogue)

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Barney McGill

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George Amy

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Rufus Le Maire ... (uncredited)

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Esdras Hartley

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Earl Luick ... (gowns)

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William H. Cannon ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Billy Gordon ... casting assistant (uncredited)
William Maybery ... casting assistant (uncredited)

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Leo F. Forbstein ... conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra
Bernhard Kaun ... composer: title music (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

When a hot young prosecutor learns that a man he got convicted and executed was in fact innocent, he quits his DA job and becomes a defense attorney. He grows rich and powerful defending guilty racketeers, but eventually sees the errors of his ways. Written by John Oswalt

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Taglines He sold his soul to criminals and willed his honor to the devil! (Print Ad-Daily Star, ((Long Island City, NY)) 23 June 1932) See more »
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Also Known As
  • 裁かれる魂 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • El criminalista (Argentina)
  • Mannen utan samvete (Sweden)
  • Pela Mão de Sua Dama (Brazil)
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  • 86 min
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Trivia The Vince Day character is very loosely based on Bill "The Great Mouthpiece" Fallon, one of the great criminal defense attorneys of the 1920s, who successfully defended gambler Arnold Rothstein in the "Black Sox" Fix of the 1919 World Series. Nevertheless, Fallon's daughter, Ruth, won a criminal libel judgment in a Syracuse, N.Y. police court, against the owner of a theater that showed the film. It was later overturned. See more »
Goofs Just as Vince's car drives off after picking up Celia during her last day, a lighting stand can be seen briefly across a doorstep. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008). See more »
Soundtracks Goopy Geer See more »
Quotes Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary: It's all in the days work, said the street sweeper to the elephant.
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