Illegal

directed by Lewis Allen
Category: "Suspense"
Year of Release:1955
Date Added:10/26/2011
Date Watched:10/27/2011
Description:Edward G. Robinson plays Victor Scott, a D.A. running for mayor. He wins a case and gets a man sent to death row, then finds out the man was innocent. Scott resigns his position, turns to drink and to taking shabby cases and ends up working for a mobster. But when Ellen (Nina Foch), Scott's ward, is accused of murdering her husband, Scott cleans up his act and manages to get her off and the mobster convicted.
My Rating:6

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Review - Illegal

OK, but just OK. I don't care much for Robinson, and none of the other actors (including Jayne Mansfield in her debut) brought anything much.
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