Counsel for the Defense
1925, English. Directed by Burton L. King.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 6 December 1925
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Arthur Hoerl, Leroy Scott
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Counsel for the Defense isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 December 1925. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Counsel for the Defense?
Counsel for the Defense (1925) was directed by Burton L. King and stars Jay Hunt, Betty Compson, House Peters.