The Great Defender
6.3
“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.
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Matheson Lang
Sir Douglas Rolls
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Thomas Bentley Director · Paul Perez Screenplay Marjorie Deans Screenplay
First release November 26, 1934 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production British Instructional Films (BIF)
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BIF
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British Instructional Films (BIF)
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 26, 1934
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