Borrowed Hero
A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case.
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Title: Borrowed Hero Summary: Roger Andrews, an assistant district attorney, is the accidental hero of a police capture that results in his appointment by crooked civic leaders as a special prosecutor assigned to smash ... Directed by: Lewis D. Collins Actors: Production Company: A.W. Hackel Productions Release Date: 5 December 1941 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 Roger Andrews, an assistant district attorney, is the accidental hero of a police capture that results in his appointment by crooked civic leaders as a special prosecutor assigned to smash a crime ring. The crooked politicians, in an effort to cover their own tracks, work to turn public sympathy against him but, aided by newspaper-reporter Ann Thompson and informant Carol Turner, he adopts gangland's own methods in getting a confession for the ring's hired killer.
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- Director
- Lewis D. Collins
- Starring
- Alan Baxter, Florence Rice, John Hamilton, Mary Gordon, Wilma Francis, Constance Worth, Stanley Andrews, Richard Terry
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