Añade un argumento en tu idiomaProsecutor becomes a defense attorney after an innocent man is sent to an electric chair.Prosecutor becomes a defense attorney after an innocent man is sent to an electric chair.Prosecutor becomes a defense attorney after an innocent man is sent to an electric chair.
J. Carrol Naish
- Tony Rocco
- (as J. Carroll Naish)
Berton Churchill
- Rocco Trial Judge
- (sin acreditar)
Davison Clark
- Detective Arresting Garland
- (sin acreditar)
Kenne Duncan
- Office Worker
- (sin acreditar)
Helena Phillips Evans
- Crying Prospective Client
- (sin acreditar)
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- CuriosidadesThe 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.
- PifiasJust as Vince's car drives off after picking up Celia during her last day, a lighting stand can be seen briefly across a doorstep.
- Citas
Miss Hickey, Day's Secretary: It's all in the days work, said the street sweeper to the elephant.
- ConexionesReferenced in Enemigos públicos. La edad dorada del cine de gángsters (2008)
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a very entertaining film
There may not be a lot of depth in this movie, but it's completely enjoyable, for all the reasons other commentators here have listed - the dialogue and several of the main actors. To that list I'd add the pleasure of seeing life in the 1930s, the cars, the clothing, the buildings, the room decor, all stylish and of the period. I especially got a kick out of the scene near the end where a car revs its engines to make it backfire, the driver moving a tiny lever in the centre of the steering wheel. The elevator, the marble staircase - lots to keep you interested apart from the plot.
Warren William is centre stage throughout and is excellent, tough, smart, sophisticated and slimy. In the scenes in which he crowds the innocent young thing, stooping over her like a vulture, his evil intentions are brilliantly clear in his body language; he looks like a vulture, like Count Dracula.
"...why she wants to marry her simpering boyfriend rather than enjoy a life of luxury with Williams is a mystery." Well, maybe a mystery to some people, but most of us realize that women are not generally tramps willing to trade their affections for luxuries.
Warren William is centre stage throughout and is excellent, tough, smart, sophisticated and slimy. In the scenes in which he crowds the innocent young thing, stooping over her like a vulture, his evil intentions are brilliantly clear in his body language; he looks like a vulture, like Count Dracula.
"...why she wants to marry her simpering boyfriend rather than enjoy a life of luxury with Williams is a mystery." Well, maybe a mystery to some people, but most of us realize that women are not generally tramps willing to trade their affections for luxuries.
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By what name was The Mouthpiece (1932) officially released in Canada in English?
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