Illegal

The Resource Illegal
Label
Illegal
Statement of responsibility
Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; produced by Frank P. Rosenberg ; screenplay by W.R. Burnett and James R. Webb ; directed by Lewis Allen. The big steal / Turner Entertainment Co. ; RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. presents ; produced by Jack J. Gross ; screenplay by Geoffrey Homes & Gerald Drayson Adams ; directed by Don Siegel
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Language
eng
Summary
  • Illegal: Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution, but is too late. Scott resigns as a prosecutor and enters private practice. He draws the attention of mob kingpin Frank Garland. Scott represents one of Garland's stooges on a murder rap and Scott, in a grand display of courtroom theatrics, wins the case. Embroiled in dirty mob politics, the situation becomes intolerable when his former protégé is charged with a murder that seems to implicate her as an informant to the Garland mob
  • The big steal: Jane and Duke (alias Capt. Blake) accidentally meet in Vera Cruz while chasing flim-flam man Fiske. Soon the local Inspector General (El Gato) is involved. Fiske races across Mexico, pursued by Jane and Duke, trailed by the real Capt. Blake. The crafty Inspector General is waiting for them in Tihuacan but they all give him the slip
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Cataloging source
PX0
Characteristic
videorecording
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Credits note
  • Illegal: Music, Max Steiner ; director of photography, J. Peverell Marley ; editor, Thomas Reilly
  • The big steal: Director of photography, Harry J. Wild ; editor, Samuel E. Beetley ; music, Leigh Harline
Dewey number
791.43/75
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
  • In English
  • English dialogue with optional English & French subtitles
PerformerNote
  • Illegal cast: Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Henry Kulky, DeForest Kelly
  • The big steal cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles, Ramon Novarro, Don Alvarado, John Qualen
Runtime
160
Series statement
Archive collection
Technique
live action
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