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For the Defense is a 1930 Pre-Code crime drama film starring William Powell as a lawyer whose ethics are challenged when the woman he loves hits and kills a pedestrian while out driving with another suitor.
Original Release
07/19/1930
US Release
07/19/1930
Cast
Name | Character |
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William Powell | William Foster / William B. Foster |
Kay Francis | Irene Manners |
Scott Kolk | Jack Defoe |
William B. Davidson | Dist. Atty. Stone / District Attorney Herbert L. Stone |
Thomas E. Jackson | Daly |
Harry Walker | Miller |
James Finlayson | Parrott |
Charles West | Joe |
Bertram Marburgh | Judge Evans |
Ernie Adams | Eddie Withers |
Directors
Writers
Oliver H.P. Garrett, Charles Furthman
Cast
Name | Character |
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William Powell | William Foster / William B. Foster |
Kay Francis | Irene Manners |
Scott Kolk | Jack Defoe |
William B. Davidson | Dist. Atty. Stone / District Attorney Herbert L. Stone |
Thomas E. Jackson | Daly |
Harry Walker | Miller |
James Finlayson | Parrott |
Charles West | Joe |
Bertram Marburgh | Judge Evans |
Ernie Adams | Eddie Withers |
Billy Bevan | Drunk |
Allan Cavan | Jailer |
John Cromwell | Second Reporter at Trial |
Sidney D'Albrook | Speakeasy Customer |
Mike Donlin | Snooper |
John Elliott | McGann / Joseph McGann |
Ruth Hall | Juror |
George 'Gabby' Hayes | Ben (the waiter) / Ben--Waiter |
Robert Homans | Lineup Lieutenant |
Edward LeSaint |