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Society Lawyer is a 1939 crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce. It is a milder remake of the pre-Code Penthouse (1933).
Society Lawyer | |
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Directed by | Edwin L. Marin |
Screenplay by | Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett Leon Gordon Hugo Butler |
Based on | Penthouse 1935 novel by Arthur Somers Roche |
Produced by | John W. Considine Jr. Louis D. Lighton |
Starring | Walter Pidgeon Virginia Bruce |
Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
Edited by | Howard O'Neill |
Music by | Edward Ward |
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Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $232,000[1] |
Box office | $472,000[1] |
Plot
editThis article needs a plot summary. (December 2023) |
Cast
edit- Walter Pidgeon as Christopher Durant
- Virginia Bruce as Pat Abbott
- Leo Carrillo as Tony Gazotti
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Jim Crelliman
- Lee Bowman as Phil Siddall
- Frances Mercer as Sue Leonard
- Ann Morriss as Judy Barton
- Herbert Mundin as Layton
- Frank M. Thomas as Lieutenant Stevens
Box office
editAccording to MGM records the film made $312,000 in the US and Canada and $160,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $64,000.[1]
References
editExternal links
edit- Society Lawyer at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Society Lawyer at IMDb
- Society Lawyer at the TCM Movie Database
- Society Lawyer at AllMovie
- lobby poster