Disbarred is a 1939 American crime film about a crooked lawyer starring Gail Patrick and Robert Preston.

[1] Tyler Craden is disbarred by the legal profession after destroying evidence against his client, gangster Mardeen, following the murder of a cop.

He is impressed by defense attorney Joan Carroll and gets her a job with a firm run by Roberts, a corrupt pal.

She rejects marriage proposals from Kent and Craden but joins the district attorney's office to fight crime.

The district attorney arrests Craden and Roberts, which frees Joan to continue her work and to marry Kent.