Society Lawyer (1939)/Stronger Than Desire (1939) On DVD

Actor:           Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Eduardo Ciannelli, Lee Bowman                                                                                                                      
Director:      Edwin L. Marin, Leslie Fenton
Genre:          Drama
Year:             1939
Studio:          Warner/Allied Vaughn
Length:         159
Released:    March 2, 2011
Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:         DVD
Misc:              NTSC, Black & White
Language:    English
Subtitles  :    N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Before he hit his stride as a symbol of screen decency and likeability (notably in films opposite Greer Garson), Walter Pidgeon worked in numerous A films as second leads and as the occasional male lead in compelling B programmers like these two movies from 1939. As a Park Avenue Society Lawyer, Pidgeon pieces together details of a murder at an exclusive high-rise. Virginia Bruce teams with Pidgeon in this remake of the pre-Code Penthouse. Stronger Than Desire's tale of murder and matrimony has Pidgeon defending a woman accused of killing her husband - all the while unaware that his wife (Virginia Bruce) is involved in the crime. Court's in session with this remake of Evelyn Prentice.