Cast & crew
The Defense Rests (1934)
Directed by Lambert Hillyer Written by Jo Swerling
Cast
| Brooks Benedict | Charlie |
| John Wray | Cooney |
| Ward Bond | Overcoat Hood |
| Samuel S. Hinds | Senator Adams |
| Selmer Jackson | Duffy |
| Vivien Oakland | Ballou |
| J. Carrol Naish | Ballou |
| Eleanor Wood | Poor Dear |
| Ernest F. Young | Proprietor |
| Nat Pendleton | Rocky |
| Arthur Hohl | James |
| Robert Gleckler | Gentry |
| Harold Huber | Castro |
| Raymond Walburn | Austin Stack |
| Kernan Cripps | Policeman |
| Lynn Cowan | Newsroom Reporter |
| Carrie Daumery | Dowager |
| Nick Copeland | Minor Role |
| Bess Flowers | Receptionist |
| Don Brodie | Newsroom Reporter |
| Jack Holt | Mitchell |
| Raymond Hatton | Sister Louie |
| Ray Ellis | (uncredited) |
| Arthur Belasco | Store Clerk |
| Edward Cecil | Minor Role |
| Charles Brinley | Airport Bartender |
| Allan Cavan | Store Clerk |
| Mary Gordon | Scrub |
| Galen Gough | Gangster |
| Harrison Greene | Moe Pressman |
| Arnold Gray | Minor Role |
| Sarah Padden | Evans |
| Shirley Grey | Goldie Wilson |
| Donald Meek | Phileas Fogg |
| Sam Hayes | Announcer |
| Harry Hume | Jenny's Father |
| Arthur Hickman | Minor Role |
| A.R. Haysel | Turnkey |
| Howard Hickman | Bernard Judge |
| Charles King | Newsroom Reporter |
| Maston Williams | Japanese Diver |
| Billy West | Newsroom Reporter |
| Hal Taggart | Minor Role |
| Milla Davenport | Neighbor |
| Oliver Eckhardt | Foreman |
| Joan Dix | Minor Role |
| Stephen Colt | Bailiff |
| Hal Price | Tim Collin |
| Bruce Randall | Chauffeur |
| Wilfrid North | Edgtho (Silent) |
| Reginald Simpson | Minor Role |
| Jerome Storm | Newsroom Reporter |
| Bobbie Sheehan | Minor Role |
| Jean Arthur | Hayes |
| Frank O'Connor | Minor Role |
| Bess Stafford | Matron |
| Lydia Knott | Ward Patient |
| John Mack | Newsroom Reporter |
| Joe Smith Marba | Store Clerk |
| Tony Martelli | Waiter |
| Sam Lufkin | Masseur |
| Charles McAvoy | Security Guard |
| Frank Mills | Yamomoto's Henchman |
| Geneva Mitchell | Receptionist |
| Stanley Mack | Yamomoto's Henchman |
| Bert Moorhouse | Minor Role |
Crew
| Dave Ragin | Camera Operator |
| Jo Swerling | Screenplay |
| Lambert Hillyer | Director |
| Jo Swerling | Story |