Character Relationship Map: The Spellbinder

Characters

• Jed Marlowe (played by Lee Tracy) — protagonist
• Janet Marlowe (played by Barbara Read) — protagonist
• Tom Dixon (played by Patric Knowles) — supporting
• Steve Kendall (played by Allan Lane) — supporting
• Judge Butler, Second Trial (played by Robert Emmett Keane) — supporting
• Third Trial Judge (played by Roy Gordon) — supporting
• First Trial Judge (played by Robert Strange) — supporting
• Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty (played by Elliott Sullivan) — supporting

Key Relationships

• Jed Marlowe → Third Trial Judge (Conflict Court Adversary)
• Jed Marlowe → Judge Butler, Second Trial (Conflict Court Adversary)
• Jed Marlowe → First Trial Judge (Conflict Court Adversary)
• Jed Marlowe → Harry 'Ice Box' Swinnerty (Professional Client)
• Jed Marlowe → Steve Kendall (Alliance Ally)
• Janet Marlowe → Tom Dixon (Romantic Husband)
• Jed Marlowe → Tom Dixon (Professional Defending Attorney)
• Jed Marlowe → Janet Marlowe (Family Father)

Story Analysis

A lawyer's moral dilemma when his daughter marries a killer he defended

Plot Progression

1. The Unscrupulous Defender
2. The Fateful Connection
3. The Moral Crisis