The Man Who Talked Too Much

Summary Assistant District Attorney Stephen Forbes, an impressive orator with a long list of convictions, resigns after an innocent young man is convicted and the real murderer confesses too late. He opens a cheap law office and his secretary Joan Reed goes with him. Business is bad until he ties up with J.B. Roscoe, the contact man between city hall and the underworld. Forbes moves to a swanky office and adds two people to his staff - his younger brother John, who he helped through law school, and Celia Farraday. Celia helps John win his first case and the two fall in love. John realizes his brother's firm isn't honest and wants to break the underworld contact. He opens Steve's safe for federal authorities hunting evidence against Roscoe. But the latter plants enough circumstantial evidence against John that he is convicted of murder and sent to death row. View more details

The Man Who Talked Too Much

Directed : Vincent Sherman

Written : Earl Baldwin Walter DeLeon Frank J. Collins

Stars : Brenda Marshall Richard Barthelmess George Brent Virginia Bruce

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Genres : Drama

Release date : Jul 15, 1940

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Production companies : Warner Bros.

Summary Assistant District Attorney Stephen Forbes, an impressive orator with a long list of convictions, resigns after an innocent young man is convicted and the real murderer confesses too late. He opens a cheap law office and his secretary Joan Reed goes with him. Business is bad until he ties up with J.B. Roscoe, the contact man between city hall and the underworld. Forbes moves to a swanky office and adds two people to his staff - his younger brother John, who he helped through law school, and Celia Farraday. Celia helps John win his first case and the two fall in love. John realizes his brother's firm isn't honest and wants to break the underworld contact. He opens Steve's safe for federal authorities hunting evidence against Roscoe. But the latter plants enough circumstantial evidence against John that he is convicted of murder and sent to death row. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Jul 15, 1940

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Production companies : Warner Bros.

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