Summary
Society Lawyer is an American romantic film drama first released in 1939,
directed by Edwin L. Marin.
The film stars Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Eduardo Ciannelli and Lee Bowman.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Edwin L. Marin
- Script: Arthur Somers Roche, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Leon Gordon, Hugo Butler
- Music: Sam Coslow, Edward Ward
- Cast: Walter Pidgeon (Christopher ’Chris’ Durant), Virginia Bruce (Pat Abbott), Leo Carrillo (Tony Gazotti), Eduardo Ciannelli (Jim Crelliman), Lee Bowman (Phil Siddall), Frances Mercer (Sue Leonard), Ann Morriss (Judy Barton), Herbert Mundin (Layton, Durant’s Butler), Frank M. Thomas (Lt. Steve Stevens), Edward Brophy (Max, Gazotti’s Bodyguard), Tom Kennedy (Alf, Gazotti’s Bodyguard), Clarence Kolb (Mr. Leonard), Pierre Watkin (Henry V. Adams), Ian Wolfe (Frederick Schmidt), Paul Guilfoyle (Tim Murtock), Joseph Crehan (City Editor), Don Brodie (Desk Clerk), Jack Daley (Turnkey), Drew Demorest (Cameraman), Lester Dorr (Police Photographer), Lillian Elliott (Durant’s Cook), Robert Fiske (Lefty, Crelliman’s Henchman), Harry Fleischmann (Plainclothes Detective), Bess Flowers (Mary Trimworth, Durant’s Secretary), Jack Gardner (Reporter), Jennifer Gray (Hatcheck Girl), Harrison Greene (Politician at the Bar), Sherry Hall (Elevator Operator), Gordon Hart (Coroner), Leyland Hodgson (Party Guest), Harry Humphrey (Connelly), Selmer Jackson (District Attorney), Ethelreda Leopold (Blonde in Outer Law Office), Sharon Lewis (Gangster’s Moll), James Millican (Reporter), Howard M. Mitchell (Plainclothes Detective), Frank Orth (Man in Outer Law Office), Frank Puglia (Headwaiter), Charles Regan (Second Cab Driver), Harry Strang (Plainclothes Detective), Brick Sullivan (Policeman), Frank Sully (First Cab Driver), Ferris Taylor (Newspaper Printing Foreman), Harry Tenbrook (Crelliman’s Henchman), Joe Whitehead (Joe, Conklin’s Place Waiter), Eric Wilton (Gazotti’s Valet), Lillian Yarbo (Sadie, Judy’s Maid)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 77 min; B&W
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Drama / Romance


