Directed by:
William WylerCinematography:
Norbert BrodineCast:
John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, Isabel Jewell, Melvyn Douglas, Onslow Stevens, Thelma Todd, Mayo Methot, Robert Gordon, Vincent Sherman (more)Plots(1)
George Simon (Hollywood legend John Barrymore) is a successful attorney, climbing from a Jewish ghetto to elegant Art Deco offices in the Empire State Building. After allowing one of his former clients to commit perjury to win a case, George realizes he could be disbarred. The scandal convinces his wife to run away to Europe with another man, leaving George shattered and desperate to find out who his true friends really are. Flavored with social commentary and wry humor, Counsellor at Law is an exceptional example of the hard-boiled dramas that defined the Pre-Code cinema of the early 1930s. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
John Barrymore
USA
Best movies:
Midnight (1939)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Bebe Daniels
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
Male and Female (1919)
Doris Kenyon
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Isabel Jewell
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Mad Love (1935)
Melvyn Douglas
USA
Best movies:
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Captains Courageous (1937)
Ninotchka (1939)
Onslow Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Thelma Todd
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Monkey Business (1931)
Horse Feathers (1932)
Mayo Methot
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Marked Woman (1937)
Robert Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Vincent Sherman
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Richard Quine
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
For Me and My Gal (1942)
John Qualen
Canada
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A Patch of Blue (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Jack Mower
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
George Humbert
Italy
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Love Is News (1937)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Barbara Perry
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Shock Corridor (1963)
From the Terrace (1960)