The Spellbinder (1939)
1h 9m
Running Time
July 28, 1939Release Date
The Spellbinder (1939)
1h 9m
Running Time
July 28, 1939Release Date
Plot.
Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Lee Tracy](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/58718-lee-tracy.webp)
Lee Tracy
Jed Marlowe
![Barbara Read](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17933-barbara-read.webp)
Barbara Read
Janet Marlowe
![Patric Knowles](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4606-patric-knowles.webp)
Patric Knowles
Tom Dixon
![Linda Hayes](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16817-linda-hayes.webp)
Linda Hayes
Miss Simpson
![Allan Lane](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25720-allan-lane.webp)
Allan Lane
Steve Kindal
![Jack Hively](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack Hively
Director
![Morgan Conway](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16819-morgan-conway.webp)
Morgan Conway
Mr. Carrington
![Joseph Anthony](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Anthony
Writer
![Robert Emmett Keane](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16820-robert-emmett-keane.webp)
Robert Emmett Keane
Judge Butler, Second Trial
![Thomas Lennon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Thomas Lennon
Writer
![Roy Gordon](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26371-roy-gordon.webp)
Roy Gordon
Third Trial Judge
![Joseph Fields](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Fields
Writer
![Robert Strange](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16841-robert-strange.webp)
Robert Strange
First Trial Judge
![Cliff Reid](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Cliff Reid
Producer
![Elliott Sullivan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/201920-elliott-sullivan.webp)
Elliott Sullivan
Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty
![Leonid Kinskey](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/28576-leonid-kinskey.webp)
Leonid Kinskey
Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player
![Russell Metty](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/412127-russell-metty.webp)
Russell Metty
Cinematographer
![Stanley Blystone](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6073-stanley-blystone.webp)
Stanley Blystone
Court Clerk, Second Trial (Uncredited)
![Paul E. Burns](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4620-paul-e-burns.webp)
Paul E. Burns
Hotel Clerk (Uncredited)
![Chester Clute](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27278-chester-clute.webp)
Chester Clute
Dr. Hillary Schunk (Uncredited)
![Chester Conklin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22444-chester-conklin.webp)
Chester Conklin
Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)
![Clyde Dilson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Clyde Dilson
Duffy, Second Trial Bailiff (Uncredited)
![Julia Faye](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22400-julia-faye.webp)
Julia Faye
Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)
![Bess Flowers](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4658-bess-flowers.webp)
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Extra (Uncredited)
![Byron Foulger](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16866-byron-foulger.webp)
Byron Foulger
J.J. Henkins, Auditor (Uncredited)
![Edward Gargan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4626-edward-gargan.webp)
Edward Gargan
Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
![Jack Gargan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack Gargan
Courtroom Extra (Uncredited)
![Earle Hodgins](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/28082-earle-hodgins.webp)
Earle Hodgins
First Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
![Robert Homans](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16845-robert-homans.webp)
Robert Homans
Court Policeman at Door (Uncredited)
![Lew Kelly](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/191008-lew-kelly.webp)
Lew Kelly
Turnkey (Uncredited)
![Donald Kerr](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Donald Kerr
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
![Doris Lloyd](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4077-doris-lloyd.webp)
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Raymond, School Headmistress (Uncredited)
![Frank Marlowe](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/55856-frank-marlowe.webp)
Frank Marlowe
Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
![Tom McGuire](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16846-tom-mcguire.webp)
Tom McGuire
Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)
![Bruce Mitchell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bruce Mitchell
Policeman Testifying at Third Trial (Uncredited)
![Forbes Murray](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25481-forbes-murray.webp)
Forbes Murray
Second Marriage License Clerk (Uncredited)
![George Noisom](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
George Noisom
Bellboy (Uncredited)
![Emory Parnell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26645-emory-parnell.webp)
Emory Parnell
Club 88 Doorman (Uncredited)
![Russ Powell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Russ Powell
Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)
![Frank Puglia](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19694-frank-puglia.webp)
Frank Puglia
Headwaiter (Uncredited)
![Leona Roberts](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27680-leona-roberts.webp)
Leona Roberts
Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)
![Ronald R. Rondell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ronald R. Rondell
Reporter at Third Trial (Uncredited)
![Gertrude Sutton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/213399-gertrude-sutton.webp)
Gertrude Sutton
Miss Burke, Ice Box's Wife (Uncredited)
![Harland Tucker](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/413573-harland-tucker.webp)
Harland Tucker
Kendall's Editor (Uncredited)
![Monte Vandergrift](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Monte Vandergrift
Official from D.A.'s Office (Uncredited)
![Van Nest Polglase](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1120210-van-nest-polglase.webp)
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
![Roy Webb](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1121893-roy-webb.webp)
Roy Webb
Music
![Theron Warth](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Theron Warth
Editor
Media.
![The Spellbinder](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/96228-the-spellbinder.webp)
![The Spellbinder](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/1/96228-the-spellbinder.webp)
Details.
Release DateJuly 28, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 9m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
The Spellbinder is a 1939 American drama film directed by Jack Hively, written by Thomas Lennon and Joseph Fields, and starring Lee Tracy, Barbara Read, Patric Knowles, Allan Lane and Linda Hayes. It was released on July 28, 1939, by RKO Pictures.