But the already - strained family dynamics are stretched to new limits when his estranged father (a small
town judge played by Robert Duvall) is slapped with a murder charge, and Downey's character jumps in to defend him.
Not exact matches
One of Hollywood's busiest supporting players from 1937 - 1942, balding, corpulent George Watts often
played judges, as in Sky Murder (1940), Mr. District Attorney (1941), The Talk of the
Town (1942), and Apache Trail (1942).
Meanwhile, he entertains the
town through his many courtroom appearances, which
play like community theater as he sweet - talks the same sympathetic
judge (Hal Holbrook) into excusing his every indiscretion.