The Public Defender
1931 | 69m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | J. Walter Ruben |
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| Writer: | George Goodchild, Bernard Schubert |
| Staring: |
| A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 01, 1931 |
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| Director: | J. Walter Ruben |
| Writer: | George Goodchild, Bernard Schubert |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | robbery, vigilante, playboy, murder, swindler, escape, reporter, pre-code, embezzlement |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Dix | Pike Winslow |
| Shirley Grey | Barbara Gerry |
| Purnell Pratt | John Kirk |
| Ruth Weston | Rose Harmer |
| Boris Karloff | The Professor |
| Edmund Breese | Frank Wells |
| Frank Sheridan | Charles Harmer |
| Alan Roscoe | Malcolm O'Neill |
| Nella Walker | Aunt Matilda |
| Paul Hurst | Doc |
| Carl Gerard | Cyrus Pringle |
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | Detective Brady |
| Phillips Smalley | Thomas Drake |
| Symona Boniface | Auction Attendee |
| James Conaty | Country Club Guest |
| Frank Darien | The Waiter |
| Sayre Dearing | Country Club Guest |
| Bill Elliott | Country Club Guest |
| Roberta Gale | Telephone Operator |
| William Halligan | Lyn Austin the Auctioneer |
| Rochelle Hudson | Telephone Operator |
| Walter James | Police Captain Anderson |
| Emmett King | Eugene Gerry |
| Broderick O'Farrell | Investigator for Board of Directors |
| Ronald R. Rondell | Country Club Guest |
| Dick Rush | Police Detective Burns |
| Florence Wix | Country Club Guest |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Max Rée | Costume Design, Scenic Artist |
| Edward Cronjager | Director of Photography |
| Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| J. Walter Ruben | Director |
| George Goodchild | Writer |
| Bernard Schubert | Dialogue, Adaptation |
| Archie Marshek | Editor |
| James H. Anderson | Assistant Director |
| John E. Tribby | Sound |
| Charles Burke | Assistant Camera |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William LeBaron | Producer |
| Louis Sarecky | Associate Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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