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I Am the Law is an American crime film first released in 1938,
directed by Alexander Hall.
The film stars Edward G. Robinson, Barbara O’Neil, John Beal, Wendy Barrie and Otto Kruger.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Alexander Hall
- Script: Fred Allhoff, Jo Swerling
- Photo: Henry Freulich
- Music: George Parrish
- Cast: Edward G. Robinson (John Lindsay), Barbara O’Neil (Jerry Lindsay), John Beal (Paul Ferguson), Wendy Barrie (Frankie Ballou), Otto Kruger (Eugene Ferguson), Arthur Loft (Tom Ross), Marc Lawrence (Eddie Girard), Douglas Wood (District Attorney Beery), Robert Middlemass (Moss Kitchell), Ivan Miller (Inspector Gleason), Charles Halton (George Leander), Louis Jean Heydt (J.W. Butler), Fay Helm (Mrs. Butler), Robert McWade (Student), Ernie Alexander (Photographer), Eugene Anderson Jr. (Schoolboy), William Arnold (Witness), Harry C. Bradley (Witness), Mary Brodel (Hat Check Girl), Frank Bruno (Gangster), Frederick Burton (Governor), James Bush (Student), Lane Chandler (Policeman), Harvey Clark (Witness), Chick Collins (Gangster), Maurice Costello (Lindsay Staff Member), Robert Cummings Sr. (Witness), Joe De Stefani (Cigar Store Proprietor), Lester Dorr (Reporter), Joe Downing (Cronin), Oliver Eckhardt (Witness), Eddie Fetherston (Austin), James Flavin (Witness), Bess Flowers (Secretary), Eddie Foster (Thug), Byron Foulger (Simpson), Allen Fox (Photographer), Chuck Hamilton (Policeman), Russell Heustis (Man), Bud Jamison (Bartender), Edward Keane (Witness), Scott Kolk (Law Student), Edward LeSaint (Witness), Lucien Littlefield (Roberts), Theodore Lorch (Clerk), J.G. MacMahon (Waiter), Frank Mayo (Witness), Horace McMahon (Prisoner), Iris Meredith (Girlfried of Eddie Girard), Walter Merrill (Reporter), James Millican (Student), Will Morgan (Student), Anthony Nace (Student), Emory Parnell (Brophy), George C. Pearce (Cigar Store Proprietor), Steve Pendleton (Law Student), Kane Richmond (Student), Cyril Ring (Photographer), Jeffrey Sayre (Thug), Charles Sherlock (Photographer), Lee Shumway (Police Sergeant), Reginald Simpson (Photographer), Phillips Smalley (University Dean), Walter Soderling (Professor Perkins), Edward Thomas (Steward), George Turner (Policeman), Theodore von Eltz (Martin), Lloyd Whitlock (Headwaiter), Bud Wiser (Policeman), Jack Woody (Gangster), William Worthington (Committee Man)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 83 min; B&W
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