Defenders of the Law

1931 film

  • Catherine Dale Owen
  • John Holland
  • Robert Gleckler
CinematographyJames S. Brown Jr.Edited byDwight CaldwellMusic byLee Zahler
Production
company
Larry Darmour Productions
Distributed byContinental Talking Pictures
Release date
  • May 24, 1931 (1931-05-24)
Running time
64 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Defenders of the Law is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Catherine Dale Owen, John Holland and Robert Gleckler.[1]

Plot

A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang with strong political connections.

Cast

  • Catherine Dale Owen as Alice Randall
  • John Holland as Police Captain Bill Houston
  • Robert Gleckler as Joe Velet aka Phil Terry
  • Edmund Breese as Police Commander Randall
  • Mae Busch as Mae Ward - Undercover Policewoman
  • Paul Panzer as Taroni - Gang Leader
  • Kit Guard as Kit - Velet's Chief Henchman
  • Joseph W. Girard as The Police Chief
  • Philo McCullough as Detecteive Tom Muldoon
  • Al Cooke as Cookie - the Photographer
  • Nick Thompson as Velet Henchman

References

  1. ^ Pitts, p. 401

Bibliography

  • Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
  • Defenders of the Law at IMDb
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