10 Aug 1933
The Avenger
A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had him framed and sent to prison.
Circumstantial Evidence
Do District Attorneys Want Honest Justice or Merely Convictions!
A reporter sets out to provide how unreliable circumstantial evidence is by faking a murder and then taking the rap for it. However, the "fake" murder victim turns out to be really dead
Top Billed Cast
Chick Chandler James Richard 'Jim' Baldwin
Shirley Grey Adrienne Grey
Arthur Vinton Fred Stevens
Claude King Ralph Winters
Dorothy Revier Bernice Winters
Lee Moran Spike Horton
Carl Stockdale George Malone
Eddie Phillips Harris
Edward Keane Judge Samuels
Robert Frazer District Attorney
Huntley Gordon The Governor (as Huntly Gordon)
Lew Kelly Detective Taylor
Barbara Bedford Mrs. Goodwin (uncredited)
Al Bridge John Cassidy (uncredited)
Don Brodie The Bailiff (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks Joe (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler Prison Guard Henderson (uncredited)
Phyllis Crane A Dumb Dame (uncredited)
Charles Dorety Prison Guard (uncredited)
Robert Elliott Detective Brown (uncredited)
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