Monday Morning Maybe

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The Spellbinder

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1939 | 69 min | Crime, Romance, Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for crime-drama fans and romantics. If you loved Witness for the Prosecution or The Asphalt Jungle, start here.
The mood
Dark and gritty, warm and romantic.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 9 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1939: an older pace and style.

Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 3K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Jack Hively

  • Lee TracyJed Marlowe
  • Barbara ReadJanet Marlowe
  • Patric KnowlesTom Dixon
  • Allan LaneSteve Kendall
  • Linda HayesMiss Simpson
  • Morgan ConwayMr. Carrington
  • Robert Emmett KeaneJudge Butler, Second Trial
  • Roy GordonThird Trial Judge
  • Robert StrangeFirst Trial Judge
  • Elliott SullivanHarry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty