• Source: Mr. District Attorney (1941 film)

      • Mr. District Attorney is a 1941 American comedy crime film directed by William Morgan and written by Karl Brown and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film was based on the long running and popular radio series Mr. District Attorney. It stars Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson and Charles Arnt. The film was released on March 27, 1941, by Republic Pictures. It was followed by a sequel Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case later in the year, with different actors in the leading roles.


      Plot


      A well-connected and well-educated young lawyer P. Cadwallader Jones gets an appointment as deputy district attorney through the influence of his uncle. After embarrassing his superior in court, he is punished by being assigned a seemingly unsolvable cold case concerning a notorious embezzler who has been missing for four years. However, with the assistance of a streetwise young female journalist he soon begins making inroads into the mystery.


      Cast


      Dennis O'Keefe as P. Cadwallader Jones
      Florence Rice as Terry Parker
      Peter Lorre as Paul Hyde
      Stanley Ridges as District Attorney Tom F. Winton
      Minor Watson as Arthur Barret
      Charles Arnt as Herman Winkle
      Joan Blair as Betty Paradise
      Charles Halton as Hazelton
      Alan Edwards as Grew
      George Watts as Judge White
      Sarah Edwards as Miss Petherby
      Helen Brown as Mrs. Paul Hyde


      See also


      Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)
      Secrets of the Underground (1942)


      References




      Bibliography


      Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.


      External links


      Mr. District Attorney at IMDb

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