- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Release: 1949-01-31
- Director: Elmer Clifton
- Writers: Anson Bond , Samuel Newman , Elmer Clifton , Julius Long
- Language: English
- Stars: Milburn Stone , Katherine DeMille , Paul Guilfoyle , Stanley Waxman , Norman Budd , Jonathan Hale , John Hamilton , Joseph Forte , Jess Kirkpatrick , Herb Vigran (1910–1986)
- Runtime: 69 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Judge (Australia) , The Gamblers (United Kingdom) , Суддя (Ukraine) , The Judge , The Judge (United States of America)
- Plot: Martin Strong (Milburn Stone), prominent criminal attorney, becomes conscience-stricken when his is forced to come to the defense of an insane killer whom he had freed from a similar charge a year earlier. Goaded by his scheming wife, Lucille (Katherine deMille),who is in love with Dr. James Anderson (Stanley Waxman), the county police psychiatrist, Strang finally goes off the deep end when he realizes his career has become a king-size failure. In a dual plan to seek revenge for his wife's infidelity and betrayal, he writes a will leaving his fortune to the families who have been wronged by the guilty criminals he has aided. His plan is changed when he accidently becomes a witness to a crime committed by a stranger, William Jackson (Paul Guilfoyle). Certain legal aspects of the murder appeal to Strang's warped mind, and he comes to the defense of Jackson, and secures his temporary freedom by a clever legal trick. Trying to prove to himself whether he has been right or wrong in freeing guilty criminals, Strang plays on Jackson to the point where his plan backfires and he is murdered by Jackson. Evidence planted earlier by Strang places Dr. Anderson and Lucille under suspicion of his murder, and they are arrested.
- IMDB:tt0041532
The Judge Cast · · · ALL
Elmer Clifton
Director
Milburn Stone
Martin Strang
Katherine DeMille
Lucille Strang
Paul Guilfoyle
William Jackson
Stanley Waxman
Dr. James Anderson
Norman Budd
James Tillton
Jonathan Hale
Judge Allan J. Brooks
John Hamilton
Lt. Edwards
Joseph Forte
District Attorney (as Joe Forte)
Jess Kirkpatrick
Patrolman Patrick Riley (as Jesse Kirkpatrick)
Herb Vigran
(1910–1986)
Reporter with pipe
Barney Phillips
Reporter
Charles Williams
Reporter
Tom Holland
Photographer
Bob Jellison
Doctor's clerk
Al Rosman
Crippled Victim (uncredited)