The 13th Juror (1927)

9.0/10 • 60 min • Mystery

Overview

A 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter Anthony. It is based on the 1908 play Counsel for the Defense by Henry Irving Dodge. Richard Marsden is a long-time friend of Henry Desmond, a powerful and successful attorney. The district attorney plan to break Desmond by having George Quinn infer that Marsden's wife is having an affair with the lawyer.

Cast

Anna Q. Nilsson

Helen Marsden

Francis X. Bushman

Henry Desmond

Walter Pidgeon

Richard Marsden

Martha Mattox

The Housekeeper

Sidney Bracey

The Butler

Sailor Sharkey

The Prisoner

Lloyd Whitlock

The District Attorney

George Siegmann

George Quinn

Fred Kelsey

The Detective

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