The Great Defender (1934)
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.
Director:
Thomas Bentley
Writers:
Paul Perez, Marjorie Deans.
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Matheson Lang as Sir Douglas Rolls |
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Margaret Bannerman as Laura Locke |
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Arthur Margetson as Leslie Locke |
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Sam Livesey as Sir Henry Linguard |
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Jeanne Stuart as Phyllis Ware |
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Richard Bird as Eric Hammond |
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Frank Atkinson as Pope |
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Robert Horton as Doctor Hackett |
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Laurence Hanray as Parker |
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J. Fisher White as Judge |
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Kathleen Harrison as Agnes Carter |
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O.B. Clarence as Mr. Hammond |
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Mary Jerrold as Mrs. Hammond |
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Hal Gordon as Percival Brown |
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Alec Fraser as Grainger |
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Jimmy Godden as Inspector Holmes |
| Directing | Thomas Bentley | Director |
| Production | Walter C. Mycroft | Producer |
| Camera | Phil Grindrod | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jack E. Cox | Director of Photography |
| Writing | John Hastings Turner | Story |
| Writing | Paul Perez | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marjorie Deans | Screenplay |
