State's Attorney1931
State's Attorney (1931)
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John Barrymore is the "State's Attorney" in the RKO picture of the same name. A brilliant criminal lawyer, Barrymore counts on his underworld connections to climb the ladder of success to the Governor's chair. "Humanized" by his girlfriend Helen Twelvetrees, a former streetwalker, Barrymore decides at long last to go straight, making mincemeat of his one-time mob patron William "Stage" Boyd in a thrilling courtroom finale. Barrymore's longtime drinking crony Gene Fowler collaborated on the script of State's Attorney with gangster-saga scrivener Rowland Brown. The film was remade (and extensively sanitized) as Criminal Lawyer in 1937.
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Cast
John Barrymore
as Tom Cardigan
as Tom Cardigan
William Boyd
as Valentine 'Vanny' Powers
as Valentine 'Vanny' Powers
Jill Esmond
as Lillian Ulrich
as Lillian Ulrich
Helen Twelvetrees
as June Perry
as June Perry
Raul Roulien
as Senor Alvarado
as Senor Alvarado
Mary Duncan
as Nora Dean
as Nora Dean
Oscar Apfel
as Ulrich
as Ulrich
Ralph Ince
as Defense Attorney
as Defense Attorney
Frederick Burton
as Judge
as Judge
Leon Ames
as Prosecutor
as Prosecutor
Lee Phelps
as Bartender
as Bartender
Nat Pendleton
as Boxer
as Boxer
J.M. Kerrigan
as Coachman
as Coachman
William "Stage" Boyd
as Vanny Powers
as Vanny Powers
C. Henry Gordon
as Attorney Graves
as Attorney Graves
Albert Conti
as Mario
as Mario
Paul Hurst
as Captain Morgan
as Captain Morgan
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The dialogue is sharp, but the script is weak.
July 23, 2014 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
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