courtroom drama

The Great Defender (1934)

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Thomas Bentley
  • Profile picture of Matheson Lang
    Sir Douglas Rolls Matheson Lang
  • Profile picture of Margaret Bannerman
    Laura Locke Margaret Bannerman
  • Profile picture of Arthur Margetson
    Leslie Locke Arthur Margetson
  • Profile picture of Jeanne Stuart
    Phyllis Ware Jeanne Stuart
  • Profile picture of Richard Bird
    Eric Hammond Richard Bird
  • Profile picture of Frank Atkinson
    Pope Frank Atkinson
  • Profile picture of Robert Horton
    Doctor Hackett Robert Horton
  • Profile picture of Laurence Hanray
    Parker Laurence Hanray

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Keywords

  • courtroom drama