The Great Defender

The Great Defender

68 mins | Drama, Mystery | Nov. 26, 1934

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.

The Great Defender

68 mins | Drama, Mystery | Nov. 26, 1934

The Great Defender
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.
Producers British Instructional Films (BIF)
Original title The Great Defender
Directors Thomas Bentley
Writers Marjorie Deans, John Hastings Turner, Paul Perez

Cast

Matheson Lang

as Sir Douglas Rolls

Margaret Bannerman

as Laura Locke

Arthur Margetson

as Leslie Locke

Sam Livesey

as Sir Henry Linguard

Jeanne Stuart

as Phyllis Ware

Richard Bird

as Eric Hammond

Frank Atkinson

as Pope

Robert Horton

as Doctor Hackett

Laurence Hanray

as Parker

J. Fisher White

as Judge

Kathleen Harrison

as Agnes Carter

O.B. Clarence

as Mr. Hammond

Mary Jerrold

as Mrs. Hammond

Hal Gordon

as Percival Brown

Alec Fraser

as Grainger

Jimmy Godden

as Inspector Holmes