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Brothers in Law is a British film of genre Comedy directed by John Boulting released in USA on 19 august 1957 with Richard Attenborough
Brothers in Law (1957)
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Add to a movie listBrothers in Law is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Jill Adams. The film is one of the Boulting brothers successful series of institutional satires begun with Private's Progress in 1956. It is an adaptation of the novel Brothers in Law by Henry Cecil, a comedy set in the legal profession.
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Roger Thursby est un avocat débutant, plein d’idéaux, mais ses collègues avocats le trouvent un peu trop enthousiaste à leur goût…Actors
Richard Attenborough
(Henry Marshall)
Ian Carmichael
(Roger Thursby)
Terry-Thomas
(Alfred Green)
Jill Adams
Leslie Phillips
(Shop Assistant)
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