Society Lawyer (1939)
1h 17m
Running Time
March 21, 1939Release Date
Society Lawyer (1939)
1h 17m
Running Time
March 21, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help of nightclub singer Pat Abbott and crime boss Tony Gazotti (a former client), Durant launches his own investigation of the murder in order to prove his friend's innocence
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Cast & Crew.
Walter Pidgeon
Christopher Durant
Virginia Bruce
Pat Abbott
Leo Carrillo
Tony Gazotti
Eduardo Ciannelli
Jim Crelliman
Lee Bowman
Phil Saddall
Edwin L. Marin
Director
Frances Mercer
Sue Leonard
Ann Morriss
Judy Barton
Frances Goodrich
Writer
Herbert Mundin
Layton
Albert Hackett
Writer
Leon Gordon
Writer
Frank M. Thomas
Lt. Stevens
Edward Brophy
Max
Hugo Butler
Writer
Arthur Somers Roche
Writer
Tom Kennedy
Alf
Clarence Kolb
Mr. Leonard
Pierre Watkin
Henry V. Adams
Ian Wolfe
Schmidt
Paul Guilfoyle
Murtock
Bess Flowers
Secretary
Joseph Crehan
City Editor
Lillian Yarbo
Maid
Eric Wilton
Valet
Edward L. Marin
Director
Media.
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Wiki.
Society Lawyer is a 1939 crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce. It is a milder remake of the pre-Code Penthouse (1933).