Behind the Green Lights

A police detective's (Norman Foster) lawyer girlfriend (Judith Allen) works for a crooked criminal lawyer (Sidney Blackmer).

Cast

Norman Foster

as Detective Lt. Dave Britten

Judith Allen

as Mary Kennedy

Sidney Blackmer

as Raymond Cortell

Purnell Pratt

as Detective Lt. Jim Kennedy

Theodore von Eltz

as John C. Owen

Ford Sterling

as Max Schultz, German Janitor

Kenneth Thomson

as Charles T. 'Ritzy' Conrad

Lloyd Whitlock

as Assistant District Attorney

Edward Hearn

as Detective Brewster

Jane Meredith

as Mrs. Gorham

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