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The Great Defender
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The Great Defender

1934-11-26 · 68 min · ★ 4.6

Drama · Mystery

Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago, and whom he still loves deeply walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband, now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case, Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye.

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Directors
Thomas Bentley
Production companies
BIF
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Matheson LangMatheson LangSir Douglas Rolls
Margaret BannermanMargaret BannermanLaura Locke
Arthur MargetsonArthur MargetsonLeslie Locke
Sam LiveseySir Henry Linguard
Jeanne StuartJeanne StuartPhyllis Ware
Richard BirdRichard BirdEric Hammond
Frank AtkinsonFrank AtkinsonPope
Robert HortonRobert HortonDoctor Hackett
Laurence HanrayLaurence HanrayParker
J. Fisher WhiteJ. Fisher WhiteJudge
Kathleen HarrisonKathleen HarrisonAgnes Carter
O.B. ClarenceO.B. ClarenceMr. Hammond
Mary JerroldMary JerroldMrs. Hammond
Hal GordonPercival Brown
Alec FraserAlec FraserGrainger
Jimmy GoddenInspector Holmes

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