Illegal is a 1955 English-language Crime Drama movie directed by Lewis Allen and produced by Frank P. Rosenberg. Illegal features Edward G. Robinson in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Albert Dekker, Howard St. John and Ellen Corby. The screenplay is written by W.R. Burnett and James R. Webb which is inspired from The Mouthpiece 1929 play by Frank J. Collins. The music was composed by Max Steiner. Cinematography was done by J. Peverell Marley and editing by Thomas Reilly. The film has a running time of 88 minutes. It was released on 15th December 1955. The motion picture made a box office gross of $0 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Warner Bros. Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks the last mile to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution but is too late. Humbled by his grievous misjudgement, Scott resigns as a prosecutor. Entering private practice, he employs the same cunning that made his reputation and draws the attention of mob kingpin, Frank Garland. The mobster succeeds in bribing Scott into representing one of his stooges on a murder rap and Scott, in a grand display of courtroom theatrics, wins the case. But soon Scott finds himself embroiled in dirty mob politics. The situation becomes intolerable when his former protege in the D.A.'s office is charged with a murder that ms to implicate her as an informant to the Garland mob. Can Victor defend the woman he secretly loves and also keep his life? Written by Chris Stone