CinemaOSMovie · 1934 · 1h 8m

The Great Defender

He would have the truth - the whole truth and nothing but...

46%(7)IMDbDramaMystery

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.

Directed byThomas Bentley

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 8m
Language
EN
Released
November 26, 1934
Studios
BIF

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Matheson Lang

Matheson Lang

Sir Douglas Rolls

Margaret Bannerman

Margaret Bannerman

Laura Locke

Arthur Margetson

Arthur Margetson

Leslie Locke

Sam Livesey

Sir Henry Linguard

Jeanne Stuart

Jeanne Stuart

Phyllis Ware

Richard Bird

Richard Bird

Eric Hammond

Frank Atkinson

Frank Atkinson

Pope

Robert Horton

Robert Horton

Doctor Hackett

Laurence Hanray

Laurence Hanray

Parker

J. Fisher White

J. Fisher White

Judge

Creative team
Directed by
Thomas Bentley
Written by
John Hastings Turner
Marjorie Deans
Produced by
Walter C. Mycroft

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