

The Defense Rests
HE DOUBLE CROSSED JUSTICE...UNTIL LOVE DOUBLE CROSSED HIM!!
Overview
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
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Cast

Jack Holt
Matthew Mitchell

Jean Arthur
Joan Hayes

Nat Pendleton
Rocky

Arthur Hohl
James Randolph

Raymond Walburn
Austin

Harold Huber
Castro

Robert Gleckler
Lou Gentry

Sarah Padden
Mrs. Evans

Shirley Grey
Mabel Wilson

Donald Meek
Fogg

Raymond Hatton
Louie

Ward Bond
Hood

John Wray
Michael Cooney

Vivien Oakland
Mrs. Monte Ballou

Selmer Jackson
Duffy

J. Carrol Naish
Monte Ballou

Samuel S. Hinds
Dean Adams

Brooks Benedict
Charlie

Charles Brinley
Bartender

Don Brodie
Reporter
Crew
- Director
- Lambert Hillyer
- Writers
- Jo Swerling,Jo Swerling
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CinemaSerf
January 8, 2024
"Joan Hayes" (Jean Arthur) is employed by hotshot criminal lawyer "Mitchell" (Jack Holt) just as he heads to court for what we are sure will be his 38th straight victory. Following a kidnapping, though, "Mrs Evans" (Sarah Padden) comes to visit and as her boss is busy, she is seen by the new and keen "Joan" who begins to piece two and two together and conclude that her butter-wouldn't-melt employer is maybe not quite the shining light he purports to be. Armed with some damning evidence, she conf…