Overview

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

Matheson Lang, Margaret Bannerman, Arthur Margetson, Sam Livesey, Jeanne Stuart, Richard Bird, Frank Atkinson, Robert Horton

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What is "The Great Defender" about?

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.

When was "The Great Defender" released?

The Great Defender was released in 1934.

Who stars in "The Great Defender"?

The cast includes Matheson Lang, Margaret Bannerman, Arthur Margetson, Sam Livesey.

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