Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Illegal (1955)


Warner Bros.
Directed by Lewis Allen
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)

Edward G. Robinson is a hot shot District Attorney who convicts an innocent man and sends him to the electric chair. Racked by guilt, he ends up in the gutter. His cynicism leads him to become a defense lawyer for the mob. When he is forced to convict his old secretary friend he refuses and must deal with the consequences. Robinson's character is not particularly likable, especially when he resorts to theatrics to win his cases, and the plot tends to be episodic. Nonetheless, it's an acceptable courtroom drama with a touch of gangster action.


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