The Brothers in Law

• Director: Roy Boulting
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• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Workplace Comedy
• Themes: Hotshots, Feuds, Work Ethics
• Main Cast: Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Miles Malleson
• Release Year: 1957
• Country: US/UK
• Run Time: 94 minutes

Plot

The British Brothers in Law is a characteristically enjoyable Boulting-brother farce, again extracting humor out of the commonplace. Ian Carmichael stars as a novice attorney, full of notions but coming-on a bit too strong for his fellow lawyers. Thanks to the intervention of irascible judge Miles Malleson, Carmichael is forced to jump in and starts swimming with a particularly prickly case. The experience teaches Carmichael how to bend and shape law to his advantage--and also how to curry favor with the public. Brothers in Law was based on a novel by Henry Cecil. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Richard Attenborough - Henry Marshall
• Ian Carmichael - Roger Thursby
• Terry-Thomas - Alfred Green
• Jill Adams - Sally Smith
• Miles Malleson - Kendall Grimes

Eric Barker - Alec Blair; Raymond Huntley - Tatlock; Olive Sloane - Mrs. Newent; Nicholas Parsons - Charles Poole; John Le Mesurier - Judge Ryman; Irene Handl - Mrs. Potter; Basil Dignam - Judge Emery; Henry Longhurst - Roger's Father; Edith Sharpe - Mrs. Thursby; Kynaston Reeves - Judge Lawson; Kenneth Griffith - Undertaker; Brian Oulton - Solicitor; Leslie Phillips - Shopman; George Rose - Frost; Marianne Stone

Credit

Roy Boulting - Director, Anthony Harvey - Editor, Benjamin Frankel - Composer (Music Score), Mutz Greenbaum - Cinematographer, John Boulting - Producer, Roy Boulting - Screenwriter, Jeffrey Dell - Screenwriter, Frank Harvey Jr. - Screenwriter, Henry Cecil - Book Author

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