Illegal

1955 · 1h 28m · 6.5

Crime, Drama

A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.

Lewis Allen

Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Albert Dekker, Howard St. John, Ellen Corby, Edward Platt, Jan Merlin, Robert Ellenstein

court, gangster, self-defense, based on play or musical, crooked lawyer, film noir, capital punishment, district attorney, goon, trial lawyer, courtroom drama, innocent man, defense lawyer