I Am the Law (1938 film)

I Am the Law (1938) is a crime drama directed by Alexander Hall and starring Edward G. Robinson.

Plot
New York City law professor John Lindsay is asked by Eugene Ferguson, a member of the governor's Civic Committee, to become a special prosecutor to fight racketeers and corruption in the city, but unknown to Lindsay, Ferguson is in association with the racketeers.

Cast

 * Edward G. Robinson as John Lindsay
 * Barbara O'Neil as Jerry Lindsay
 * John Beal as Paul Ferguson
 * Wendy Barrie as Frances Ballou
 * Otto Kruger as Eugene Ferguson
 * Arthur Loft as Tom Ross
 * Marc Lawrence as Eddie Girard
 * Douglas Wood as D.A.  Bert Beery
 * Robert Middlemass as Moss Kithell
 * Ivan Miller as Inspector Gleason
 * Charles Halton as George Leander
 * Louis Jean Heydt as J.W Butler
 * Fay Helm as Mrs. Butler
 * Emory Parnell as Detective Brophy

Reception
The Brooklyn Citizen called it a "rattling good melodrama" and thought Robinson did "remarkably well" playing a "law-abiding citizen" instead of a gangster.