Mr. District Attorney (1941 film)

Mr. District Attorney
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Morgan
Screenplay byKarl Brown
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Produced byLeonard Fields
StarringDennis O'Keefe
Florence Rice
Peter Lorre
Stanley Ridges
Minor Watson
Charles Arnt
CinematographyReggie Lanning
Edited byEdward Mann
Music byMort Glickman
Paul Sawtell
Production
company
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • March 27, 1941 (1941-03-27)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mr. District Attorney is a 1941 American comedy crime film directed by William Morgan and written by Karl Brown and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film was based on the long running and popular radio series Mr. District Attorney. It stars Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson and Charles Arnt.[1] The film was released on March 27, 1941, by Republic Pictures.[2][3][4] It was followed by a sequel Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case later in the year, with different actors in the leading roles.

Plot

A well-connected and well-educated young lawyer P. Cadwallader Jones gets an appointment as deputy district attorney through the influence of his uncle. After embarrassing his superior in court, he is punished by being assigned a seemingly unsolvable cold case concerning a notorious embezzler who has been missing for four years. However, with the assistance of a streetwise young female journalist he soon begins making inroads into the mystery.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ Fetrow p.315
  2. ^ "Mr. District Attorney (1941) – Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  3. ^ Crowther, Bosley (1941-04-17). "Movie Review – Mr District Attorney – Hyde and Seek". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  4. ^ "Mr. District Attorney". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.

Bibliography

  • Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.


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