The Great Defender

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The Great Defender is a 1934 British mystery film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Matheson Lang, Margaret Bannerman and Arthur Margetson.^[1] A top barrister conducts the defence of an artist facing the death penalty for allegedly murdering his model, while himself battling with serious illness.

[edit] Cast

Matheson Lang - Sir Douglas Rolls
Margaret Bannerman - Laura Locke
Arthur Margetson - Leslie Locke
Richard Bird - Eric Hammond
Sam Livesey - Sir Henry Linguard
Frank Atkinson - Pope
Hal Gordon - Percival Brown
Kathleen Harrison - Agnes Carter - Locke's Maid
Robert Horton - Doctor Hackett
Alec Fraser - Grainger
Jeanne Stuart - Phyllis Ware
J. Fisher White - Judge
Laurence Hanray - Parker
O. B. Clarence - Mr. Hammond
Mary Jerrold - Mrs. Hammond

[edit] References

^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35230

[edit] External links

The Great Defender at the Internet Movie Database

Cinema of the United Kingdom

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Active	Aardman Animations BBC Films British Lion Films Ealing Studios Elstree Studios Eon Productions Film4 Productions Goldcrest Films Hammer Film Productions HandMade Films London Films Palace Pictures The Pinewood Studios Group (Pinewood Studios Shepperton Studios) S4C Films Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden Wimbledon Studios Working Title Films

Former	Amicus Productions Bryanston Films Denham Film Studios Gainsborough Pictures Ideal Rank Organisation Tigon British Film Productions Warwick Films

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v d e The films of Thomas Bentley

1910s	David Copperfield (1913) Oliver Twist (1913) The Old Curiosity Shop (1914) The Chimes (1914) Hard Times (1915) Barnaby Rudge (1915) Milestones (1916) Beau Brocade (1916) The Labour Leader (1917) Daddy (1917) Les cloches de Corneville (1917) The Divine Gift (1918) Once Upon a Time (1918) The Lackey and the Lady (1919)

1920s	General Post (1920) Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920) The Old Curiosity Shop (1921) The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921) A Master of Craft (1922) Through Fire and Water (1923) Wanted, a Boy (1924) Old Bill Through the Ages (1924) Love and Hate (1924) Chappy: That's All (1924) Money Isn't Everything (1925) A Romance of Mayfair (1925) White Heat (1926) The Silver Lining (1927) Not Quite a Lady (1928) The American Prisoner (1929)

1930s	Harmony Heaven (1930) Young Woodley (1930) Compromising Daphne (1930) Keepers of Youth (1931) Hobson's Choice (1931) After Office Hours (1932) Sleepless Nights (1932) The Love Nest (1933) Hawley's of High Street (1933) The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934) Those Were the Days (1934) The Great Defender (1934) The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) Music Hath Charms (1935) Royal Cavalcade (1935) She Knew What She Wanted (1936) The Last Chance (1937) The Angelus (1937) Silver Blaze (1937) Night Alone (1938) Marigold (1938) Me and My Pal (1939) Lucky to Me (1939)

1940s	Dead Man's Shoes (1940) The Middle Watch (1940) Three Silent Men (1940) Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)

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