The Defense Rests

The Defense Rests is a 1934 American film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, and Nat Pendleton. The movie was produced in May 1934 and released on 15 July 1934.

Cast

Jack Holt as Matthew Mitchell
Jean Arthur as Joan Hayes
Nat Pendleton as Rocky
Arthur Hohl as James Randolph
Raymond Walburn as Austin
Harold Huber as Castro
Robert Gleckler as Gentry
Sarah Padden as Mrs. Evans
Shirley Grey as Mabel Wilson
Donald Meek as Fogg
Raymond Hatton as Nick
Ward Bond as Good
John Wray as Cooney
Vivian Oakland as Mrs. Ballou
Selmer Jackson as Duffy
J. Carrol Naish as Ballou
Samuel S. Hinds as Dean Adams
Lydia Knott as Patient

Reception

"The story is interestingly woven and its telling is sufficiently swift to hold the visitor's interest," wrote The [New York Times]. "Mr. Holt and Miss Arthur are about as usual, which is to say they do all that can be reasonably expected of their rôles. Nat Pendleton as Rocky, Mitchell's bodyguard, comes through with the comic relief."