Mr. District Attorney

An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating.

Cast

Dennis O'Keefe

as Steve Bennett

Adolphe Menjou

as Craig Warren

Marguerite Chapman

as Marcia Manning

Michael O'Shea

as Harrington

George Coulouris

as James Randolph

Jeff Donnell

as Miss Miller

Steven Geray

as Berotti

Ralph Morgan

as Ed Jamison

John Kellogg

as Franzen

Doris Houck

as Secretary

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Dennis O'Keefe is "Bennett" and aspiring lawyer who joins the team of District Attorney "Warren" (Adolphe Menjou). Initially he is prepared to put in the graft, and his boss is impressed - but when he begins to fall for the enigmatic "Marcia" (Marguerite Chapman) his focus starts to wander and he an...

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