---
title: 'I Am the Law (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Hall'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-am-the-law-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030254/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# I Am the Law (1938)

1938 · 83 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

I Am the Law (1938) is a crime drama directed by Alexander Hall and starring Edward G. Robinson. The film, one in a wave of films of the time with anti-criminal themes, represents a departure from Robinson's screen image as a gangster. The picture was based on Fred Allhoff's 1936 series of articles for Liberty magazine called "Tracking New York's Crime Barons".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-hall)
- **Screenplay:** [Jo Swerling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jo-swerling)
- **Producer:** [Everett Riskin](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-riskin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henry Freulich](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-freulich)
- **Editor:** [Viola Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/viola-lawrence)

## Cast

- [Wendy Barrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-barrie)
- [Barbara O'Neil](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-o-neil)
- [Robert Middlemass](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-middlemass)
- [Charles Halton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-halton)
- [Douglas Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-wood-2)
- [Marc Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-lawrence)
- [Fay Helm](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-helm)
- [Edward G. Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-g-robinson)
- [John Beal](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-beal)
- [Otto Kruger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-kruger)
- [Emory Parnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/emory-parnell)
- [Arthur Loft](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-loft)
- [Louis Jean Heydt](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-jean-heydt)

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