Illegal (1955 film)

Illegal is a 1955 American film noir directed by Lewis Allen. It stars Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe and Jayne Mansfield.

After Scott discovers that a man he sent to his death is innocent, he falls into an alcoholic haze, is arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct, and determines to defend another incarcerated man. This leads to a new career as a defense attorney.Scott ends up defending an associate of the citys crime boss, Frank Garland Albert Dekker, a man he refused to work for earlier due to the fact that ...no one would testify against you you own the people who work for you. Though not in Garlands pocket, he establishes a careful relationship with the gangster, leading him into direct confrontation with the very office he used to head. ........

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