The Defense Rests
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| The Defense Rests | |
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| File:Defense-Rests-1934-LC.jpg | |
| Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Written by | Jo Swerling |
| Produced by | Robert North |
| Starring | Jack Holt Jean Arthur Nat Pendleton Arthur Hohl Raymond Walburn Harold Huber |
| Edited by | John Rawlins |
| Music by | Edward Bernds |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Defense Rests (or Take the Witness) is a 1934 American film directed by Lambert Hillyer[1] and starring Jack Holt, Jean Arthur,[2] and Nat Pendleton. The movie was produced in May 1934 and released on 15 July 1934.[3][4][5][6]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Jack Holt as Matthew Mitchell
- Jean Arthur as Joan Hayes
- Nat Pendleton as Rocky
- Arthur Hohl as James Randolph
- Raymond Walburn as Austin
- Harold Huber as Castro
- Robert Gleckler as Gentry
- Sarah Padden as Mrs. Evans
- Shirley Grey as Mabel Wilson
- Donald Meek as Fogg
- Raymond Hatton as Nick
- Ward Bond as Good
- John Wray as Cooney
- Vivian Oakland as Mrs. Ballou
- Selmer Jackson as Duffy
- J. Carrol Naish as Ballou
- Samuel S. Hinds as Dean Adams
- Lydia Knott as Patient
Reception
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"The story is interestingly woven and its telling is sufficiently swift to hold the visitor's interest," wrote The New York Times. "Mr. Holt and Miss Arthur are about as usual, which is to say they do all that can be reasonably expected of their rôles. Nat Pendleton as Rocky, Mitchell's bodyguard, comes through with the comic relief."[7]
References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1934 films
- 1934 romantic drama films
- American romantic drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films directed by Lambert Hillyer
- Films with screenplays by Jo Swerling
- Films produced by Robert North
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s American films
- English-language romantic drama films
- 1930s romantic drama film stubs