Illegal

Illegal

1955 | 1h 28m | Crime, Drama | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

A district attorney's life unravels when he realizes he has sent an innocent man to the electric chair. He falls into alcoholism, then seeks redemption by defending the innocent. His skills will be needed to save his ex-assistant, now charged with murder!

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Lewis Allen

CAST

Edward G. Robinson

Nina Foch

Hugh Marlowe

Robert Ellenstein

Jay Adler

Albert Dekker

Ellen Corby

Jayne Mansfield

Howard St John

PRODUCERS

Frank P Rosenberg

WRITERS

W. Burnett

James R. Webb

Frank J. Collins

Host Intros

02:01
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Illegal (1955)
Intro Aired: May 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Illegal, 1955.

Related Videos

03:41
Illegal (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Napoleon Of The Courtroom
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The morning after he failed to stop the execution of an innocent man whom he convicted, D-A Scott (Edward G. Robinson) is despondent, drinking, his assistant and close friend Ellen (Nina Foch) unable to shake his determination to leave his post, in Illegal, 1955.
02:43
Illegal (1955) -- (Movie Clip) One Shot Would Have Been Sufficient
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The credits ran over a murder, and though it wasnt clear DeForest Kelley did it, he does wind up on trial, with top-billed Edward G. Robinson his able prosecutor, Nina Foch and Hugh Marlowe his attending staff, in Illegal, 1955, the third movie version of a story by Frank J. Collins.
03:03
Illegal (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Am I To Believe You Have Scruples?
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High-roller racketeer Garland (Albert Dekker) dismisses Hugh Marlowe, ex-assistant to the D-A turned defense lawyer Scott (Edward G. Robinson), summoned because he swindled $10,000 from an underling, Jayne Mansfield introduced, with paintings from Robinsons own collection, in Illegal, 1955.
Illegal (1955) - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A DA (Edward G. Robinson) falls apart when his machinations send an innocent man to the chair in Illegal (1955).

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