Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Illegal (1955)

Illegal (1955) - (Original Trailer)

A DA (Edward G. Robinson) falls apart when his machinations send an innocent man to the chair in Illegal (1955).

Illegal (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Am I To Believe You Have Scruples?

High-roller racketeer Garland (Albert Dekker) dismisses Hugh Marlowe, ex-assistant to the D-A turned defense lawyer Scott (Edward G. Robinson), summoned because he swindled $10,000 from an underling, Jayne Mansfield introduced, with paintings from Robinson’s own collection, in Illegal, 1955.

Illegal (1955) -- (Movie Clip) One Shot Would Have Been Sufficient

The credits ran over a murder, and though it wasn’t clear DeForest Kelley did it, he does wind up on trial, with top-billed Edward G. Robinson his able prosecutor, Nina Foch and Hugh Marlowe his attending staff, in Illegal, 1955, the third movie version of a story by Frank J. Collins.

Illegal (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Napoleon Of The Courtroom

The morning after he failed to stop the execution of an innocent man whom he convicted, D-A Scott (Edward G. Robinson) is despondent, drinking, his assistant and close friend Ellen (Nina Foch) unable to shake his determination to leave his post, in Illegal, 1955.