- HD 1080
- Runtime: 88m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Lewis Allen
- Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Albert Dekker
- keywords: court, gangster, self-defense, based on play or musical, crooked lawyer, film noir, capital punishment, district attorney, goon, trial lawyer, courtroom drama, innocent man, defense lawyer
- Production_studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Slogan: He was a guy who marked 100 men for death - until a blonde called 'Angel' O'Hara marked him for life!
- providers: TCM
- The Illegal is featured in the top rankings of 1955
- #60 in Top Drama Movies of 1955
- #22 in Top Crime Movies of 1955
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.