Counsel for the DefenseMovie
Typhus specialist Dr. David West has fought long and hard for the construction of the new municipal waterworks. Harrison Blake, the town's leading lawyer and banker, conspires to have the waterworks put into private hands and frames David for accepting a bribe. As none of the town's lawyers will take the case, Katherine, David's daughter and a recent law school graduate, accepts her first client in her father. However, the circumstantial evidence is too great and David is convicted. Harrison bribes a worker to sabotage the waterworks, causing a public clamor for their takeover by private interests. Katherine, with the aid of newspaper editor Arnold Bruce, uncovers the conspiracy after the outbreak of a typhus epidemic. David is freed, and Katherine weds Arnold.
About Counsel for the Defense
Counsel for the Defense is a 1925 drama movie directed by Burton L. King.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 10m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Jay Hunt, Betty Compson, House Peters, Rockliffe Fellowes. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
