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I Am the Law is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alexander Hall released in USA on 25 august 1938 with Edward G. Robinson

I Am the Law (1938)

I Am the Law
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Released in USA 25 august 1938
Length 1h23
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating65% 3.2924553.2924553.2924553.2924553.292455

I Am the Law (1938) is a crime drama directed by Alexander Hall and starring Edward G. Robinson.

Synopsis

New York City law professor John Lindsay (Robinson) is asked by Eugene Ferguson (Kruger), a member of the governor's Civic Committee, to become a special prosecutor to fight racketeers and corruption in the city, but unknown to Lindsay, Ferguson is in association with the racketeers.

Actors

Edward G. Robinson

(John Lindsay)Otto Kruger

(Eugene Ferguson)John Beal

(Paul Ferguson)Barbara O'Neil

(Jerry Lindsay)Wendy Barrie

(Frances 'Frankie' Ballou)
And :
Marc Lawrence
Arthur Loft
Robert Middlemass
Douglas Wood
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