The Spellbinder · LeviOsa

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The Spellbinder · LeviOsa

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1939·NR

Trapped - Between the Daughter he Loved and the Law He Defied!

CrimeRomanceDrama1h 9m

🍅38%

🍅

38%

Tomatometer

🍿

38%

Popcornmeter

6.2

TMDB

Storyline

Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?

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Details

DirectorJack Hively

ReleasedJul 28, 1939

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNRUS

Studio

RKO Radio Pictures

Cast

Lee Tracy

Lee Tracy

Jed Marlowe

Barbara Read

Barbara Read

Janet Marlowe

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Tom Dixon

Allan Lane

Allan Lane

Steve Kendall

Linda Hayes

Linda Hayes

Miss Simpson

Morgan Conway

Morgan Conway

Mr. Carrington

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

Judge Butler, Second Trial

Roy Gordon

Roy Gordon

Third Trial Judge

Robert Strange

Robert Strange

First Trial Judge

Elliott Sullivan

Elliott Sullivan

Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty

Leonid Kinskey

Leonid Kinskey

Harry Beldon, Saxophone Player

Stanley Blystone

Stanley Blystone

Court Clerk, Second Trial (uncredited)

Reviews

4 reviews · 3 critics

2 fresh · 1 rotten

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

RTFilm InternationalNov 13, 2021

Janet Greek's films might not be for everyone, but they sure as hell are custom-made for me.

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Mike Massie

RTGone With The TwinsNov 8, 2024

A serviceable, obscure little production, capturing the feel of countless other supernatural horror pictures from the ’80s.

J

Jason Shawhan

RTNashville SceneSep 10, 2021

Something unspeakable lurks just in the shadows in Spellbinder, and it's wild to see the folk-horror genre move to Southern California and thrive in its new digs.

R

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Information

Title

The Spellbinder

Released

Jul 28, 1939

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 9m

Status

Released

Studio

RKO Radio Pictures

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