Tuesday, 14 April 2020

ILLEGAL

Excellent B-Movie from Lewis Allen about an over zealous District Attorney, (a superb Edward G. Robinson), who sends an innocent man to the electric chair, takes to drink and ends up defending some less than salubrious types. The writers were W. R. Burnett and James R. Webb and the good cast also included Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Albert Dekker and an early performance from Jayne Mansfield. A better director than Allen might have got even more out of the material; for too much of the time it looks like an extended episode of a television series but it's a good little yarn that crams in a lot of plot and it's always a pleasure watching Edward G., particularly in a plum part like this. Very enjoyable.

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