The Defense Rests
“HE DOUBLE CROSSED JUSTICE...UNTIL LOVE DOUBLE CROSSED HIM!!”
7.0(9)19341h 10m
DramaCrime
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Director
Lambert Hillyer
Cast
Reviews
1 review
Geronimo1967
2y ago
6.0
"Joan Hayes" (Jean Arthur) is employed by hotshot criminal lawyer "Mitchell" (Jack Holt) just as he heads to court for what we are sure will be his 38th straight victory. Following a kidnapping, though, "Mrs Evans" (Sarah Padden) comes to visit and as her boss is busy, she is seen by the new and keen "Joan" who begins to piece two and two together and conclude that her butter-wouldn't-melt employe...
