A rule-bending, hard-drinking but brilIiant (and very successful) attorney, played by Pat O'Brien, yearns for the quieter life of a judgeship, but high-profiIe cases keep coming his way - incIuding a murder rap against his own bodyguard (Mike Mazurki). A gallery of beloved HoIlywood character actors enIiven this smart, exciting melodrama, including Jane Wyatt, Carl Benton Reid, Jerome Cowan, and directed by Seymour Friedman. |