State's Attorney (1932)
- Directed by
- George Archainbaud
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A high-powered lawyer defends criminals with great success, building a reputation for never losing a case. His life of easy victories and compromises comes under pressure from a new district attorney and his own conflicted conscience.
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What happens
State's Attorney is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film made at RKO and starring John Barrymore. George Archainbaud directed and the film could more or less be considered a warm up for Barrymore when he later went to Universal to film the similar Counsellor at Law. Remade in 1937 and 1951 both titled Criminal Lawyer. The story was supposedly based on the life of criminal lawyer William J. Fallon, who defended 126 homicide cases without any convictions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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