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The Spellbinder
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJack Hively
Screenplay byThomas Lennon
Joseph Fields
Story byJoseph Anthony
Produced byCliff Reid
StarringLee Tracy
Barbara Read
Patric Knowles
Allan Lane
Linda Hayes
CinematographyRussell Metty
Edited byTheron Warth
Music byRex Dunn

Production
company

RKO Pictures

Distributed byRKO Pictures

Release date

  • July 28, 1939 (1939-07-28)

Running time

69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1][2] It was released on July 28, 1939, by RKO Pictures.

Plot[edit]

Jed Marlowe is a lawyer that specialises in defending guilty criminals using loopholes and briberies. His daughter believes that the criminals saved by her father are actually innocent and marries a killer that should have gone to the electric chair if not for Jed.

Cast[edit]

  • Barbara Read as Janet Marlowe
  • Patric Knowles as Tom Dixon
  • Allan Lane as Steve Kendall
  • Linda Hayes as Miss Simpson
  • Morgan Conway as Mr. Carrington
  • Robert Emmett Keane as Judge Butler
  • Roy Gordon as Third Trial Judge
  • Robert Strange as First Trial Judge
  • Elliott Sullivan as Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty
  • Leonid Kinskey as Harry Beldon
  • Emory Parnell as Club 88 Doorman
  • References[edit]

    1. ^ "The Spellbinder (1939) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  • ^ Sandra Brennan (2016). "The-Spellbinder - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
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