Brothers in Law

August. 19,1957      NR
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.

Richard Attenborough as  Henry Marshall
Ian Carmichael as  Roger Thursby
Terry-Thomas as  Alfred Green
Jill Adams as  Sally Smith
Leslie Phillips as  Shop Assistant
Eric Barker as  Alec Blair
Miles Malleson as  Kendall Grimes Q.C.
John Le Mesurier as  His Honour Judge Ryman
Irene Handl as  Mrs. Potter
Olive Sloane as  Mrs. Newent

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Reviews

ShangLuda
1957/08/19

Admirable film.

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Chirphymium
1957/08/20

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Kien Navarro
1957/08/21

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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Allison Davies
1957/08/22

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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