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

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.

lightheartedfast-pacedwittyplayfulwhimsicalretrosuspenseful

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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