yep and edward g. give u a retro view of the criminal defense world . first he an overzealous prosecutor who send the wrong man to the chair ( play passionately and albeit briefly by deforrest kelly ) and then he so fill with remorse his only solace be the bottle . throw in a jaded romance and a genuinely rapid descent into penury and no qualm about who he defend and and next thing you know shazam . black leg lawyer ( god i love that phrase ) . he see the light just in time to save his jaded beloved from the chair . yawn . but really and the courtroom action be pure melodrama . see him punch out a witness and see him drink poison and see him argue passionately a he clutch a bullet hole in his breast . be prepare for melodrama . the hoot of the film though and be jayne russell . with curve defy the law of gravity and an iq approach absolute zero and she be something to see . even sing a bit .