Law and Disorder (1940)

Film details

Featuring

Barry K. Barnes Alastair Sim Edward Chapman
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1940
Genres

War Legal and Courtroom drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Espionage comedy melodrama; a young solicitor takes to defending successfully a number of thugs accused of sabotage. His senior partner and the police are horrified but Larry is out to win the confidence of the gang.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Larry Preston
    
    Barry K. Barnes
  - Samuel Blight
    
    Alastair Sim
  - Inspector Bray
    
    Edward Chapman
  - Janet Preston
    
    Diana Churchill
  - cast member
    
    Leo Genn
  - Heinrichs
    
    Austin Trevor
  - cast member
    
    Ruby Miller
  - cast member
    
    Geoffrey Sumner
  - cast member
    
    Glen Alyn
  - cast member
    
    Torin Thatcher
  - cast member
    
    Carl Jaffe
  - cast member
    
    Cyril Smith
  - cast member
    
    Cathleen Nesbitt
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    David MacDonald
  - Production Company
    
    British Consolidated Pictures
  - Producer
    
    K.C. Alexander
  - Production Manager
    
    Louis London
  - Assistant Director
    
    George Pollock
  - Original screenplay
    
    Roger MacDougall
  - Photography
    
    Ernest Palmer
  - Camera Operator
    
    Cecil Cooney
  - Editor
    
    Douglas Myers
  - Art Director
    
    James Carter
  - Music
    
    Francis Chagrin
  - Sound Recording
    
    Leo Wilkins
  - Produced at
    
    Highbury Studios

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