Criminal Court (film)

Criminal Court
Criminal Court
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Wise
Written by	Earl Felton
Screenplay by	Lawrence Kimble
Produced by	Martin Mooney
Starring	Tom Conway; Martha O'Driscoll; June Clayworth
Cinematography	Frank Redman
Edited by	Robert Swink
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	November 15, 1946 (Premiere-New York City); November 20, 1946 (U.S.);
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Criminal Court is a 1946 American crime drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Tom Conway, Martha O'Driscoll and June Clayworth.^[2] It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures.

Plot

Hotshot lawyer Steve Barnes is a candidate to be district attorney. His girlfriend Georgia Gale has a job singing for nightclub owner Vic Wright, a gangster who works for the mob boss, Marquette.

Steve has film footage of Vic and brother Frankie committing crimes. He rejects a $50,000 bribe made in the form of a campaign donation. Joan, his secretary, spies on Steve for the gangster. She witnesses a struggle for a gun and sees Vic accidentally shot dead.

Georgia is seen leaving the scene and is charged with murder. Marquette will have his stooge Joe West give false testimony to convict her unless Steve plays ball.

Steve realizes just in time that Joan is involved and calls her to the stand. West tries to shoot her, but is overcome. Joan tells what really happened and Georgia goes free.