''Mr. District Attorney'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by William Morgan and written by Karl Brown and

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. The film was based on the long running and popular radio series '' Mr. District Attorney''. It stars Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre, Stanley Ridges,

Minor Watson Minor Watson (December 22, 1889 – July 28, 1965) was a prominent character actor. He appeared in 111 movies made between 1913 and 1956. His credits included '' Boys Town'' (1938), ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' (1942), ''Kings Row'' (1942), '' Guada ...

and Charles Arnt. The film was released on March 27, 1941, by

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. It was followed by a sequel ''

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case ''Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case'' is a 1941 American crime film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and written by Sidney Sheldon and Ben Roberts. The film stars James Ellison, Virginia Gilmore, Franklin Pangborn, Paul Harvey, Lynne Carver an ...

'' later in the year, with different actors in the leading roles.

Plot

A well-connected and well-educated young lawyer P. Cadwallader Jones gets an appointment as deputy

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through the influence of his uncle. After embarrassing his superior in court, he is punished by being assigned a seemingly unsolvable cold case concerning a notorious embezzler who has been missing for four years. However, with the assistance of a streetwise young female journalist he soon begins making inroads into the mystery.

Cast

* Dennis O'Keefe as P. Cadwallader Jones * Florence Rice as Terry Parker * Peter Lorre as Paul Hyde * Stanley Ridges as District Attorney Tom F. Winton *

as Arthur Barret * Charles Arnt as Herman Winkle * Joan Blair as Betty Paradise * Charles Halton as Hazelton * Alan Edwards as Grew * George Watts as Judge White * Sarah Edwards as Miss Petherby * Helen Brown as Mrs. Paul Hyde

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* 1941 films American comedy films 1941 comedy films Republic Pictures films Films directed by William Morgan (director) American black-and-white films Films scored by Paul Sawtell 1940s English-language films 1940s American films Works about prosecutors {{1940s-comedy-film-stub

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