MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY (1941) Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice & Peter Lorre |Comedy, Crime, Drama | B&W

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Mr. District Attorney is a 1941 American comedy crime film directed by William Morgan and written by Karl Brown and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film was based on the long running and popular radio series Mr. District Attorney. It stars Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson and Charles Arnt.The film was released on March 27, 1941, by Republic Pictures.It was followed by a sequel Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case later in the year, with different actors in the leading roles.

SYNOPSIS
Rookie Deputy DA P. Cadwallader Jones and hotshot reporter Terry Parker team up to track down an elusive criminal named Hyde.

A well-connected and well-educated young lawyer P. Cadwallader Jones gets an appointment as deputy district attorney through the influence of his uncle. After embarrassing his superior in court, he is punished by being assigned a seemingly unsolvable cold case concerning a notorious embezzler who has been missing for four years. However, with the assistance of a streetwise young female journalist he soon begins making inroads into the mystery.

CAST & CREW
Dennis O'Keefe as P. Cadwallader Jones
Florence Rice as Terry Parker
Peter Lorre as Paul Hyde
Stanley Ridges as District Attorney Tom F. Winton
Minor Watson as Arthur Barret
Charles Arnt as Herman Winkle
Joan Blair as Betty Paradise
Charles Halton as Hazelton
Alan Edwards as Grew
George Watts as Judge White
Sarah Edwards as Miss Petherby
Helen Brown as Mrs. Paul Hyde

Directed by William Morgan
Screenplay by Karl Brown, Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Produced by Leonard Fields
Cinematography Reggie Lanning
Edited by Edward Mann
Music by Mort Glickman, Paul Sawtell
Production Company Republic Pictures
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date March 27, 1941
Running time 69 minutes
Country United States
Language English