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Counsellor at Law ()

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A successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns that his wife has been unfaithful.
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George Simon
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Rexy Gordon
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Cora Simon
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Bessie Green
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Roy Darwin
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John Tedesco
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Lillian La Rue
Clara Langsner ...
Lena Simon
John Hammond Dailey ...
Charlie McFadden (as J.Hammond Dailey)
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Zedorah Chapman
Robert Gordon ...
Henry Susskind (as Bobby Gordon)
Malka Kornstein ...
Sarah Becker
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Harry Becker
Marvin Kline ...
Herbert Weinberg
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Pete Malone (as T. H.Manning)
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Johan Breitstein
Angela Jacobs ...
Goldie Rindskopf
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Richard Dwight Jr.
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Dorothy Dwight
Elmer Brown ...
Francis Baird (as Elmer H.Brown)
Conway Washburne ...
Arthur Sandler (as Conway Washburn)
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Rigby Crayfield
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George Humbert ...
Mr. Moretti (uncredited)
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Night Elevator Operator (uncredited)

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William Wyler

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Elmer Rice ... (by)
 
Elmer Rice ... (screenplay)

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Carl Laemmle Jr. ... producer

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Norbert Brodine ... (camera)

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Daniel Mandell

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Maurice Pivar ... supervising editor (uncredited)

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Charles D. Hall

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Ray Moyer ... (uncredited)

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Carl Laemmle ... president: Universal Pictures Corp.

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Gilbert Kurland ... sound supervisor (uncredited)

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Giuseppe Becce ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Carl Laemmle ... presenter
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One of two partners at the Manhattan law firm of Simon and Tedesco, George Simon is hard working and well respected by others at the firm and his clients, he just having successfully defended a wife charged with murdering her husband. He worked his way out of the Jewish ghetto, his clients both members of upper class society as well as people he knew from the old neighborhood. On the high society spectrum within his circle is his wife, Cora Simon, who he deeply loves, who brought two snobbish children from a previous marriage into the union, and who he rightly believes married him despite his past. Down and out or high society, he is not averse to helping out those in who he truly believes. On a regularly hectic day of meeting after meeting, mostly with clients, his life is placed into a tailspin when something he knowingly did in it being illegal several years ago but did for the altruistic reason of the betterment of an individual and as a result society - that path which did occur - threatens to resurface, which if it does means probable disbarment. In this situation, he will discover on who he can count, even if he doesn't explicitly state the problem, including his devoted secretary, Rexy Gordon, who has been quietly dealing with her own feelings about working at the firm and who can see that something is not quite sitting right with her usually unflappable boss. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Le Grand Avocat (France)
  • Der Staranwalt von Manhattan (Germany)
  • El abogado (Spain)
  • Skilsmässoadvokaten (Sweden)
  • El abogado (Argentina)
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Trivia Although this film is frank about some matters, the Production Code of the Hays Office - i.e., censorship - was still in effect. In one 16mm print there is a curious moment of dead air at the end of Lillian Larue's parting speech to George Simon. She says (approximately), "Well, for God's sake, what do they expect for ten thousand dollars?" John Barrymore keeps looking at Larue (Thelma Todd) as if she is still speaking, and she must be, but there is no sound. Her last words in the text of the play are, "A virgin?" See more »
Goofs At 44:10 into the film actress Angela Jacobs who plays the frumpy secretary Goldie Rindskopf is seen walking towards the cameras in the hallway in front of the elevators. She is wearing a black dress with scattered white dots. Much comedy relief is made of men watching her walk away with the spots accenting her motions. However, when the camera angles switches at 44:15 and this time when she is walking away from the camera she is wearing a different dress that is made up of mostly white flowers with very little black seen between the much busier pattern. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Directed by William Wyler (1986). See more »
Crazy Credits The opening credits cast list has the heading "The Players" preceding a list solely of the actors' names. "A Good Cast Is Worth Repeating... The Players" is the heading of end credits, which solely lists the same actors' names in the same order as the opening credits. See more »
Quotes Bessie Green: [answering a call] I thought you were dead and buried. Well sure I missed you, like Booth missed Lincoln. What do you think I've been doing, sitting around the house embroidering doilies?
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