Lawyer Man (1932)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

William Dieterle

Writers:

Max Trell (novel)
Rian James (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

7 January 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry...

Plot Keywords:

Secretary | Law | Breach Of Promise | Turkish Bath | Male Female Relationship

Cast

William Powell	...	Anton 'Tony' Adam
Joan Blondell	...	Olga Michaels
David Landau	...	John Gilmurry
Helen Vinson	...	Barbara 'Babs' Bentley
Claire Dodd	...	Virginia 'Ginny' St. Johns
Alan Dinehart	...	Granville Bentley
Allen Jenkins	...	Izzy Levine

Runtime:

72 min | USA:68 min (Turner library print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #2703-R, 22 September 1936 for re-release)

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Several actors listed in studio records and casting call lists were not seen in the movie. These include Harold Huber, Henry Armetta and 'Edward Arnold'.

Soundtrack:

If I Could Be with You

B picture with A players

Despite two very winning star players, this picture is all surface: a trite story with no depth of characterization whatsoever, constructed of an unusually large number of very brief scenes which move the plot along but are not sufficiently developed to generate any feeling for the characters. The potential "meat" of the story concerns a presumed crisis of conscience for William Powell as a very capable but too ambitious attorney, along with his relationship with radiant Joan Blondell as the secretary/Girl Friday he takes for granted. Lots of potential here, all of it sacrificed to keep the plot moving.