Illegal (1955)
While I love watching each and every Edward G. Robinson movie, Illegal was pretty uneven. The first ten minutes of the movie could have easily been stretched out to fill the entire running time and it would have been more exciting. He plays a district attorney whose courtroom performance sends a man to the electric chair. Just before the execution, he learns of evidence that exonerates the man, and he races to get a pardon from the governor in time. Isn’t that exciting? Couldn’t that have been the entire movie?
It isn’t the entire movie, and Eddie G doesn’t make it in time. The man is executed, and Eddie G feels really, really bad. His faithful secretary, Ellen Corby, and his devoted pseudo-niece, Nina Foch, try to help him realize he wasn’t really to blame and was only just doing his job. While the movie promises to be a journey of grief and guilt, there’s some point in the movie where he decides to go back to being a ruthless attorney who doesn’t care about getting his hands dirty. It’s a very odd transition, and it doesn’t make any sense with the earlier scenes. It also doesn’t make sense that Nina Foch is supposed to be far too young for him, when she’s no spring chicken herself. Unless you love Eddie G like I do and enjoy seeing all his movies, you can skip this one. It’s not one of his best. I did like seeing Ellen Corby in such a big part, though!
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It isn’t the entire movie, and Eddie G doesn’t make it in time. The man is executed, and Eddie G feels really, really bad. His faithful secretary, Ellen Corby, and his devoted pseudo-niece, Nina Foch, try to help him realize he wasn’t really to blame and was only just doing his job. While the movie promises to be a journey of grief and guilt, there’s some point in the movie where he decides to go back to being a ruthless attorney who doesn’t care about getting his hands dirty. It’s a very odd transition, and it doesn’t make any sense with the earlier scenes. It also doesn’t make sense that Nina Foch is supposed to be far too young for him, when she’s no spring chicken herself. Unless you love Eddie G like I do and enjoy seeing all his movies, you can skip this one. It’s not one of his best. I did like seeing Ellen Corby in such a big part, though!
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose" for posting!
More Edward G. Robinson movies here!