"INSIDE STORY of gangdom's notorious lady mouthpiece!" 16 May 1936 Drama, Comedy, Crime 58 mins
A female lawyer sets up her own practice but only achieves success as an attorney for the mob.
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Margaret Lindsay as Mary Wentworth
Glenda Farrell as Dorothy Davis
Warren Hull as Robert Mitchell
Lyle Talbot as Frank Gordon
Eddie Acuff as Eddie O'Malley
Dick Purcell as Marty
Addison Richards as William McGuire
Joseph Crehan as Dist. Atty. Thomas Mallon
Matty Fain as Augie Simelli (henchman #1)
Milton Kibbee as Herman Sturm
Eddie Shubert as Harry Morton
Herbert Ashley as Police Officer Black (uncredited)
Tom Brower as Fourth Trial Bailiff (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler as Detective at Fourth Trial (uncredited)
Mabel Colcord as 'Fishcake' Fanny (uncredited)
Sol Gorss as Second Trial Court Officer (uncredited)
William Clemens Director
Luci Ward Screenplay
George Bricker Screenplay
Esdras Hartley Art Direction
Bryan Foy Producer
Sidney Hickox Director of Photography
Clarence Kolster Editor
Heinz Roemheld Music
United States 16 May 1936
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