Counsellor at Law

Dec 25, 1933

1h 22m

★ 6.4

Great is the word for...COUNSELLOR AT LAW!

Overview

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

George Simon

John Barrymore

Regina 'Rexy' Gordon

Bebe Daniels

Cora Simon

Doris Kenyon

Bessie Green

Isabel Jewell

Roy Darwin

Melvyn Douglas

John P. Tedesco

Onslow Stevens

Lillian La Rue

Thelma Todd

George Simon's Mother

Clara Langsner

Charlie McFadden

John Hammond Dailey

Zedorah Chapman

Mayo Methot

Goldie

Angela Jacobs

Henry Susskind

Robert Gordon

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