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I Am the Law

I Am the Law

1938Movie⏱️ 1h 23mApproved
CrimeDrama
6.6
IMDB Rating
562 votes

Law professor John Lindsay is asked by a civic leader to become a special prosecutor to go after the racketeers in town.

Director
Alexander Hall
Writers
Fred Allhoff, Jo Swerling
Stars
Edward G. Robinson, Barbara O'Neil, John Beal
Release Date
August 25, 1938
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 2
Wins
💬 15
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson
as Prof. John Lindsay
Barbara O'Neil
Barbara O'Neil
as Jerry Lindsay
John Beal
John Beal
as Paul Ferguson
Wendy Barrie
Wendy Barrie
as Frances 'Frankie' Ballou
Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger
as Eugene Ferguson
Arthur Loft
Arthur Loft
as Tom Ross
Marc Lawrence
Marc Lawrence
as Eddie Girard
Douglas Wood
Douglas Wood
as District Attorney Bert Berry
Robert Middlemass
Robert Middlemass
as Moss Kitchell
Ivan Miller
Ivan Miller
as Inspector Gleason

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Columbia Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

lawlaw professorspecial prosecutorteacher student relationshipwitness

🎯 Categories

CrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Light-hearted entertainment
by RRozsa2008-08-20
8/10

"I just caught this movie during TCM's Edward G Robinson marathon. It may not be a "classic", but I found this film to be entertaining and well written/directed. It's the sort of gangster movie that is light and simple enough that you don't have to pay much attention to it -- you can be doing other things while you're watching the movie and still be able to follow the plot. Just suspend belief for a while -- some of his tactics wouldn't be exactly tolerated in real life -- he would be disbarred and arrested! Also, I had a hard time buying EGR as a pipe-smoking..."

💡 Did You Know?

Existing prints bear 1955 re-release titles, with lettering in the center of the screen so that they would not be cropped in wide screen projection; these restyled opening credits also include an erroneous 1933 (MCMXXXIII), instead of 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) copyright date.

📖 Synopsis

Law professor John Lindsay is asked by a civic leader to become a special prosecutor to go after the racketeers in town.