Illegal (1955)
Release Date: Oct 28, 1955 Wide
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Once again Edward G. Robinson takes a script from the trash bin and makes it into a palatable movie. A remake of The Mouthpiece, this is the story of a district attorney with a conscience. When he discovers that a man he's sent to the electric chair was innocent, he takes to the bottle. His assistants encourage him to get off the booze, stop prosecuting and, instead, become a defense attorney. He agrees but his first client is a notorious gangster who has been in business for so long because of
Oct 28, 1955 Wide
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Edward G. Robinson
Victor Scott -
Nina Foch
Ellen Miles -
Hugh Marlowe
Ray Borden -
Jayne Mansfield
Angel O'Hara -
Albert Dekker
Frank Garland -
Howard St. John
E.A. Smith -
Ellen Corby
Miss Hinkel -
Edward Platt
Ralph Ford -
Jan Merlin
Andy Garth -
Robert Ellenstein
Joe Knight -
Jay Adler
Joseph Carter -
Henry Kulky
Taylor -
James McCallion
Allen Parker -
Addison Richards
Steve Harper -
Lawrence Dobkin
Al Carol -
Clark Howat
George Graves -
Stuart Nedd
Phillips -
Chris Alcaide
2nd Policeman -
Roxanne Arlen
Miss Hathaway -
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Julie Bennett
Miss Worth -
John Cliff
Bar Patron -
Fred Coby
3rd Guard -
Pauline Drake
Woman -
Jonathan Hale
Doctor -
DeForest Kelley
Edward Clary -
Kathryn Marlowe
Blonde Girl -
George Ross
Policeman -
Henry Rowland
Jailer -
Ted Stanhope
Bailiff -
Marjorie Stapp
Night Orderly -
Archie Twitchell
Mr. Manning -
Herb Vigran
1st Policeman -
Max Wagner
Bartender -
Charles Evans
Judge -
John R. McKee
Detective
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Illegal derives its strength as a feminist picture rather than from its nominal interest in human-rights issues for illegal immigrants.
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