| Mr. District Attorney | |
| Director: | William Morgan |
| Producer: | Leonard Fields |
| Screenplay: | Karl Brown Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
| Starring: | Dennis O'Keefe Florence Rice Peter Lorre Stanley Ridges Minor Watson Charles Arnt |
| Music: | Mort Glickman Paul Sawtell |
| Editing: | Edward Mann |
| Studio: | Republic Pictures |
| Distributor: | Republic Pictures |
| Runtime: | 69 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Mr. District Attorney is a 1941 American comedy crime film directed by William Morgan and written by Karl Brown and Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film was based on the long running and popular radio series Mr. District Attorney. It stars Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson and Charles Arnt.[1] The film was released on March 27, 1941, by Republic Pictures.[2] [3] [4] It was followed by a sequel Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case later in the year, with different actors in the leading roles.
A well-connected and well-educated young lawyer P. Cadwallader Jones gets an appointment as deputy district attorney through the influence of his uncle. After embarrassing his superior in court, he is punished by being assigned a seemingly unsolvable cold case concerning a notorious embezzler who has been missing for four years. However, with the assistance of a streetwise young female journalist he soon begins making inroads into the mystery.