Mr. District Attorney (1941)
- Directed by
- William Morgan
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 09m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 9 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 district attorney works with his assistant to take down criminals using legal tactics. The story is based on a popular radio show and mixes comedy with crime solving.
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What happens
Mr. District Attorney is a 1941 American comedy crime film directed by William Morgan and written by Karl Brown and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film was based on the long-running and popular radio series Mr. District Attorney. It stars Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson and Charles Arnt. The film was released on March 27, 1941, by Republic Pictures. Two sequels followed: Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case, later in the year, and Secrets of the Underground (1942) with different actors in the leading roles. A second adaptation with the same title was released in 1947. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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