Rent I Am the Law (1938)
3.4 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
- "I Am the Law" is arguably the best of the late 1930's films inspired by the racket-busting career of New York district attorney Thomas E. Dewey. A feisty, no-nonsense law professor, Lindsay (Edward G. Robinson) is approached by a group of concerned citizens to act as special prosecutor to rid their state of big-time lawbreakers. He wastes no time taking charge, storming in to the prosecutors office and firing anyone whom he suspects of being "on the take". With the help of his dedicated law students, who work along side him for free, Lindsay purges the local government of such corrupt influences as Eugene Ferguson (Otto Kruger), the outwardly respectable "brains" behind the racket.
- Actors:
- Edward G. Robinson, Barbara O'Neil, John Beal, Wendy Barrie, Otto Kruger, Arthur Loft, Marc Lawrence, Douglas Wood, Robert Middlemass, Ivan Miller, Charles Halton, Louis Jean Heydt, Fay Helm, Robert McWade
- Directors:
- Alexander Hall
- Producers:
- Everett Riskin
- Writers:
- Fred Allhoff, Jo Swerling
- Studio:
- Paladium
- Genres:
- Drama
