State's Attorney (film)
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| Directed by | George Archainbaud |
| Written by | Louis Stevens (story) Gene Fowler (script) Rowland Brown (script) |
| Produced by | James Kevin McGuinness (associate producer) David O. Selznick (executive producer) |
| Starring | John Barrymore Helen Twelvetrees Jill Esmond William "Stage" Boyd Mary Duncan |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover |
| Edited by | Charles L. Kimball |
| Music by | Max Steiner Ray Heindorf |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
State's Attorney is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film made at RKO and starring John Barrymore. George Archainbaud directed and the film could more or less be considered a warm up for Barrymore when he later went to Universal to film the similar Counsellor at Law. Remade in 1937 and 1951 both titled Criminal Lawyer. The story was supposedly based on the life of criminal lawyer William J. Fallon, who defended 126 homicide cases without any convictions.