Movies and TvShows featuring "shyster-lawyer" theme.

Occupant (2011) is a horror thriller movie about a man who moves into a rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan, only to discover strange occurrences and a mystery surrounding his grandmother's disappearance. As he delves deeper into the secrets of the apartment building, he begins to question his sanity and must unravel the truth before it's too late.

A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.

The Life of Jimmy Dolan tells the story of a talented boxer who becomes an impersonator after a train station theft leaves him in dire circumstances. He finds himself in a world of riches-to-rags, struggling with physical disability and facing a manslaughter charge. Through a series of coincidences, he is nursed back to health by an alcoholic detective and gets a chance at redemption in the boxing arena. Framed for murder and fighting to clear his name, Jimmy Dolan must navigate a world of cynicism, betrayal, and family secrets to reclaim his life.

A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing for material things.

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.

A man on his way to closing a million dollar deal has an accident and gets amnesia.

Cocky Kelly's girlfriend helps him straighten up enough to get a job as a process server.

Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.

A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds her first case is defending a childhood friend accused of murder. Director Lewis Seiler's 1936 courtroom drama stars Claire Trevor, Isabel Jewell, Michael Whalen, Gene Lockhart, Eric Linden, Charles Middleton, Edward Brophy, Kathleen Lockhart, Guinn Williams, El Brendel, Sterling Holloway, Ray Brown, Howard Hickman, Frank McGlynn Sr., Charles Waldron Sr., Spencer Charters and Eily Malyon.

A gangster running a protection racket gets information that he's about to be prosecuted on income-tax-evasion charges. He hires a man with a photographic memory to memorize his books, then destroys them all so the police won't have any evidence to link him to the racket.

Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.