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A 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter Anthony. It is based on the 1908 play Counsel for the Defense by Henry Irving Dodge. Richard Marsden is a long-time friend of Henry Desmond, a powerful and successful attorney. The district attorney plan to break Desmond by having George Quinn infer that Marsden's wife is having an affair with the lawyer.Read moreLess
A 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter Anthony. It is based on the 1908 play Counsel for the Defense by Henry Irving Dodge. Richard Marsden is a long-time friend of Henry Desmond, a powerful and successful attorney. The district attorney plan to break Desmond by having George Quinn infer that Marsden's wife is having an affair with the lawyer.
The story
A 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter Anthony. It is based on the 1908 play Counsel for the Defense by Henry Irving Dodge. Richard Marsden is a long-time friend of Henry Desmond, a powerful and successful attorney. The district attorney plan to break Desmond by having George Quinn infer that Marsden's wife is having an affair with the lawyer.
Cast & crew
Anna Q. NilssonHelen Marsden
Francis X. BushmanHenry Desmond
Walter PidgeonRichard Marsden
Martha MattoxThe Housekeeper
Sidney BraceyThe Butler
Sailor SharkeyThe Prisoner
Lloyd WhitlockThe District Attorney
George SiegmannGeorge Quinn
Fred KelseyThe DetectiveExplore the crew
- Writer
- Walter Anthony
- Director
- Edward Laemmle
- Writer
- Charles Logue
- Director of Photography
- Ben F. Reynolds