For the Defense (1930)
- Directed by
- John Cromwell
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, trial film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A lawyer faces a conflict of interest when his lover is involved in a fatal car accident. He must decide between defending her truthfully and protecting his career.
tenseromanticmelancholicsuspensefulmoraldramaticpre-codeglamorous
What happens
For the Defense is a 1930 pre-Code crime drama film starring William Powell as a lawyer whose ethics are challenged when the woman whom he loves kills a pedestrian while driving with another suitor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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