Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

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

1933•1h 22m•6.4/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(28)

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

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Production

Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

George Simon

Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels

Regina 'Rexy' Gordon

Doris Kenyon

Doris Kenyon

Cora Simon

Isabel Jewell

Isabel Jewell

Bessie Green

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Roy Darwin

Onslow Stevens

Onslow Stevens

John P. Tedesco

Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd

Lillian La Rue

Clara Langsner

Clara Langsner

George Simon's Mother

John Hammond Dailey

Charlie McFadden

Mayo Methot

Mayo Methot

Zedorah Chapman

Angela Jacobs

Goldie

Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon

Henry Susskind

Marvin Kline

Weinberg

John Qualen

John Qualen

Breitstein

Vincent Sherman

Vincent Sherman

Harry Becker

Frederick Burton

Crayfield

Richard Quine

Richard Quine

Richard Dwight Jr.

Barbara Perry

Dorothy Dwight

Elmer Brown

Baird

Malka Kornstein

Sarah Becker

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