The Defense Rests

{{short description|1934 film by Lambert Hillyer}}

{{About|the film|the television episode|The Defense Rests (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)|the radio program|Defense Attorney}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Defense Rests

| image = Defense-Rests-1934-LC.jpg

| caption = Lobby card

| writer = Jo Swerling

| starring = Jack Holt
Jean Arthur
Nat Pendleton
Arthur Hohl
Raymond Walburn
Harold Huber

| director = Lambert Hillyer

| cinematography =

| editing = John Rawlins

| producer = Robert North

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1934|07|15}}

| music = Edward Bernds

| runtime = 70 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

The Defense Rests (or Take the Witness) is a 1934 American film directed by Lambert Hillyer{{cite book |last1=Lucia |first1=Cynthia |title=Framing Female Lawyers: Women on Trial in Film |date=January 2010 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-77824-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PRLUAAAAQBAJ&q=The+Defense+Rests+1934+film&pg=PT260 |access-date=29 September 2020 |language=en}} and starring Jack Holt, Jean Arthur,{{cite book |last1=Giglio |first1=Ernest D. |title=Here's Looking at You: Hollywood, Film & Politics |year=2005 |publisher=Peter Lang |isbn=978-0-8204-7099-3 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32d5JqlLEgEC&q=The+Defense+Rests+1934+film&pg=PA167 |access-date=29 September 2020 |language=en}} and Nat Pendleton. The movie was produced in May 1934 and released on 15 July 1934.{{cite web|title=The Defense Rests|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8508|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=afi.com|access-date=22 December 2015}}{{cite web|title=The Defense Rests (1934) Directed by Lambert Hillyer|url=https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2012-08-11/party-wire-1935-defense-rests-1934|website=UCLA Film and Television Archive|publisher=cinema.ucla.edu|access-date=22 December 2015}}{{cite web|title=THE DEFENSE RESTS(1934) ALSO KNOWN AS: TAKE THE WITNESS|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/72735/the-defense-rests|website=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=22 December 2015}}{{cite book |last1=Bergman |first1=Paul |last2=Asimow |first2=Michael |title=Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies |date=April 2006 |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |isbn=978-0-7407-5460-9 |page=216 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9gC2ZSh5qJQC&q=The+Defense+Rests+1934+film&pg=PA216 |access-date=29 September 2020 |language=en}}