The Lawyer's Secret (1931)

6.2/10 70 min Crime Drama

Overview

Sailor Joe Hart, who is spending his shore leave at a gambling joint, sells his gun to young Laurie Roberts after losing terribly. After Hart again loses his last dime, he leaves the joint and steals a car in order to return to his ship. Later that night, a tough gambler named "The Weasel" convinces Laurie, who also lost badly, that Baldy, the joint's owner, is crooked, and they both return to the joint to break open the safe. During the holdup, The Weasel kills Baldy with Joe's gun and, after being picked up for speeding, Joe is arrested for murder.

Cast

Clive Brook

Drake Norris

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Laurie Roberts

Richard Arlen

Joe Hart

Fay Wray

Kay Roberts

Jean Arthur

Beatrice Stevens

Francis McDonald

The Weasel

Harold Goodwin

'Madame X'

Syd Saylor

Red

Sheila Bromley

Madge - Madame X's Girlfriend (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)

Gordon De Main

Detective (uncredited)

Claire Dodd

Party Guest (uncredited)

Robert Homans

Chief of Police (uncredited)

Edward LeSaint

Prison Warden (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Frank - District Attorney (uncredited)

Guy Oliver

Prison Turnkey (uncredited)

Hal Price

Detective (uncredited)

Recommendations

Plunder Road
Each Dawn I Die
The Asphalt Jungle
Johnny O'Clock
The Quiller Memorandum
5 Against the House
The Glass Key
Knock on Any Door
House of Bamboo
Little Caesar
The Public Enemy
They Made Me a Fugitive
Framed
The Web
Indemnity
Cigarettes & Coffee
Islands
Flicka
Dark City
The Roaring Twenties