For the Defense (1930)
With William Powell, Kay Francis
Directed by John Cromwell
For the Defense is a 1930 pre-Code crime drama film starring William Powell as a lawyer whose ethics are challenged when the woman whom he loves kills a pedestrian while driving with another suitor.
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