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The Public Defender is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by J. Walter Ruben, starring Richard Dix and featuring Boris Karloff.

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Rich playboy Pike Winslow dons the mantle of 'The Reckoner', a mysterious avenger, when he learns that his lady friend Barbara Gerry's father has been framed in a bank embezzlement scandal. Using meticulous planning and split-second timing, Pike, along with his associates, the erudite 'Professor' and tough-guy scrapper 'Doc', attempt to find proof that will clear Gerry and identify the real culprits.

• Richard Dix as Pike Winslow

• Shirley Grey as Barbara Gerry

• Purnell Pratt as John Kirk

• Ruth Weston as Rose Harmer

• Edmund Breese as Frank Wells

• Frank Sheridan as Charles Harmer

• Alan Roscoe as Inspector Malcolm O'Neil

• Boris Karloff as 'Professor'

• Nella Walker as Aunt Matilda

• Paul Hurst as 'Doc'

• Carl Gerard as Cyrus Pringle

• Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Brady

• Phillips Smalley as Thomas Drake (as Phillip Smalley)

• Boris Karloff filmography

cite-note-11. "The Public Defender: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 22, 2014.

• The Public Defender at IMDb