Film · 1939 · Crime
Trapped - Between the Daughter he Loved and the Law He Defied!
Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
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Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
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The Spellbinder (1939) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 1h 9m crime directed by Jack Hively is rated 6.2/10 by 4 viewers.
The Spellbinder was released on July 28, 1939.
The Spellbinder was directed by Jack Hively.
The Spellbinder has a runtime of 69 minutes (1h 9m).
The Spellbinder is categorized as Crime, Romance, Drama.
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