"Illegal"

We get a fine panorama of the east side of the 500 block of Main St. in "Illegal" (Warner Bros., 1955). L.A. District Attorney Edward G. Robinson is in a hurry to get to a hospital to hear a confession from a dying man. It turns out he's sent the wrong guy to the electric chair. He resigns his position, becomes a defense attorney, and gets involved in a tricky situation with a local mobster.

Near the left is a view of the distinctive lettering of the Galway Theatre, 514 S. Main St. Over toward the right it's the Burbank Theatre, 548 S. Main, here with its vertical saying "New Follies" and cursive lettering saying "Burlesque" over the Burbank letters atop the readerboard. And on the far right it's the Santa Fe building at 6th and Main and, if you want to stay at the Hotel Cecil, they have a room for you for $1.75.

Lewis Allen directed the cast which also includes Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Albert Dekker, Ellen Corby and Jayne Mansfield, making her screen debut. We also get some other nice Los Angeles location shots for chases and, of course, for going into court buildings.

See the Los Angeles Theatres pages about the Galway and the Burbank for many more photos and a history of these two theatres.

On IMDb: "Illegal"

A poster that appears with the film's listing on IMDb.