The Spellbinder (1939)
- Directed by
- Jack Hively
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 09m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A successful but ruthless criminal defense lawyer wins cases by manipulating juries. He confronts his own morality when his daughter falls in love with a man he is prosecuting.
dramaticcourtroomtenseethical conflictcharacter-drivenold-fashionedserioushumanizing
What happens
The Spellbinder is a 1939 American drama film directed by Jack Hively, written by Thomas Lennon and Joseph Fields, and starring Lee Tracy, Barbara Read, Patric Knowles, Allan Lane and Linda Hayes. It was released on July 28, 1939, by RKO Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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