A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Casts Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Albert Dekker, Howard St. John, Ellen Corby, Edward Platt, Jan Merlin, Robert Ellenstein
MOVIE COMMENTS
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The Heidi Chronicles
Cosh Boy
Blackout
Stolen Face
5 Against the House
The Breaking Point
The Human Jungle
The Glass Web
I, the Jury
The Long Wait
Death Takes a Holiday
Quiet Please, Murder
The Sum of Us
Never Let Go
The People Against O'Hara
Danger Signal
The Good Earth
The Sleeping City
The Lady Lies
The Locked Door
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Heidi Chronicles
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1995
Unusual relationships, a feminist awakening and a career in art history mark a baby boomer's life, ages 16 through 46.Cosh Boy
IMDB 5.2 | Feb , 1953
Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.Blackout
IMDB 6 | Mar , 1954
When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood, he must unravel the mystery to clear his name.Stolen Face
IMDB 5.6 | May , 1952
A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict but trouble starts when his true love returns.5 Against the House
IMDB 5.9 | Jun , 1955
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.The Breaking Point
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 1950
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.The Human Jungle
IMDB 4.8 | Oct , 1954
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.The Glass Web
IMDB 6 | Nov , 1953
A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests turning the case into a TV show episode.I, the Jury
IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 1953
After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.The Long Wait
IMDB 5.8 | May , 1954
Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.Death Takes a Holiday
IMDB 6.2 | Mar , 1934
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.Quiet Please, Murder
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 1943
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.The Sum of Us
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 1994
A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."Never Let Go
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 1960
John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself -- and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.The People Against O'Hara
IMDB 5.7 | Sep , 1951
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.Danger Signal
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 1945
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne, has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.The Good Earth
IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 1937
China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.The Sleeping City
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 1950
A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John Alexander) decides that he has to put some men on duty at the hospital, and one of them is Fred Rowan (Richard Conte), a detective with experience as an army medic, masquerading as an intern. What Rowan finds is a high-pressure world in which interns are hopelessly squeezed for time, sleep, energy, and -- most of all -- money, and walk a fine line on the edge of personal and professional disaster.The Lady Lies
IMDB 5.3 | Sep , 1929
Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman.The Locked Door
IMDB 5.9 | Nov , 1929
On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines to intervene.