This Side of The Law

This Side of the Law is an American film noir directed by Richard L. Bare and featuring Kent Smith, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas and Janis Paige.

A bright but downandout vagrant is tapped by a police officer for looking longingly in a pawn shop window at a revolver. A smart retort to the officers question has him carted off to jail for no visible means of support. The following day hes in court hearing 50 dollars ordays.Listening to the exchange is cagey lawyer Philip Cagle Robert Douglas, who pays his fine. After a meal and a taxi ride the pair enter the attorneys office, where he explains why. The counselor is the executor of the estate of a wealthy man whom the bum just happens to resemble exactly. The rich man has been missing for seven years minus two weeks and is about to be declared legally dead, which would be inconvenient for the lawyer. Though its unclear why. ........

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