Brothers in Law (Original title)
Date: 1956 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Roy Boulting
Synopsis: Comedy about a newly called barrister whose initial dismal failure in court is compensated by a triumph at his home town assizes.
Genres: Comedy, Legal and Courtroom drama
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8470 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: Reviews: DVDs: The Boulting Brothers CollectionAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD box set comprising: The MAGIC BOX / BROTHERS IN LAW / Th e FAMILY WAY / TWISTED NERVE.
In: Today's Cinema v88 n7715 15 Feb 1957 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v88 n7715 15 Feb 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n279 April 1957 Page: 42
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n279 April 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7320 15 Feb 1957 Page: 5
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7320 15 Feb 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 13 Mar 1957
Title: [Variety - 13 Mar 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2584 21 Feb 1957 Page: 15
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2584 21 Feb 1957: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Base: SafetyBFI identifier: C-25349
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8379 FeetStock date: 1956BFI identifier: C-25350
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 1956 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Roy Boulting
Synopsis: Comedy about a newly called barrister whose initial dismal failure in court is compensated by a triumph at his home town assizes.
Genres: Comedy, Legal and Courtroom drama
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8470 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(39)
Production Company: Tudor Productions, ©/[Produced] by arrangement with: Charter Film Productions, Produced in association with: British Lion Films, Produced by: John Boulting, Production Supervisor: Henry Passmore, [Production Secretary]: Sheila Neal, Assistant Director: Philip Shipway, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Pat Mcgrath, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Stuart Freeman, Continuity: Beryl Booth, Screenplay: Frank Harvey, Screenplay: Jeffrey Dell, Screenplay: Roy Boulting, From the novel by: Henry Cecil, Director of Photography: Max Greene, Camera Operator: Cyril Gray, [Focus Puller]: Peter Allwork, [Clapper Loader]: Eric Robinson, [Stills]: Laurie Ridley, [Matte Work]: Tom Howard, Editor: Anthony Harvey, [Assembly Cutter]: Teddy Darvas, [Assistant Editor (1st)]: D. Thompson, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Harold Holding, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: P. Auguste, Guy Ambler, Art Director: Albert Witherick, [Draughtsman]: William Alexander, Costumes: Bermans, Make-up: Eric Aylott, Hairdressing: Polly Young, Music composed and directed: Benjamin Frankel, Sound Recordist: Sid Wiles, [Sound Camera Operator]: Ron Matthews, [Boom Operator]: Barrie Copeland, Sound Editor: James Shields, [Publicity]: Susan Storer, Made at: British National Studios
Cast
(48)
Richard Attenborough (Henry Marshall), Ian Carmichael (Roger Thursby), Terry-Thomas (Alfred Green), Jill Adams (Sally Smith), Miles Malleson (Kendall Grimes Q.C.), Raymond Huntley (Tatlock Q.C.), Eric Barker (Alec Blair), Nicholas Parsons (Charles Poole), Kynaston Reeves (Mr Justice Lawson), John Le Mesurier (His Honour Judge Ryman), Irene Handl (Mrs Potter), Olive Sloane (Mrs Newent), Edith Sharpe (Mrs Thursby), Leslie Phillips (shop assistant, legal supplies), Brian Oulton (county court client), John Welsh (Mr Justice Fanshawe), Henry Longhurst (Reverend Arthur Thursby, Roger's father), Henry Hewitt (treasurer), Peggy Ann Clifford (Mrs Bristow), Gerald Fox (clerk), Jack McNaughton (robing room attendant), Llewellyn Rees (Farrant Q.C.), Maurice Colbourne (official referee), Rolfe Lefeuvre (county court judge), Robert Raglan (Cleaver), Hugh Moxey (golf club secretary), Everley Gregg (Mrs Barber), John Warren (Mr Venner), Stuart Saunders (Major Biddle), Penny Morell (Rosalie Biddle), Margaret Lacey (villager helper), Michael Ward (photographer), Norma Shebbeare (fashion editress), John Boxer (Mr Johnson), Wyndham Goldie (Mr Smith, Sally's father), Basil Dignam (Mr Justice Emery), Ronald Cardew (Old Bailey clerk), Susan Marryott (barmaid), Kenneth Griffiths (hearse driver), Ian Wilson (hearse attendant), John Schlesinger (assize court solicitor), George Rose (Mark Frost), Ian Colin ([county court counsel]), Brian Fox ([Herbert]), John Van Eyssen ([Forbes, Old Bailey barrister]), Bob Gregory ([Hallfield]), Bob Vosler ([Old Bailey warder]), Arthur Mullard ([juror])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: Sight and Sound v17 n8 August 2007 Page: 85Title: Reviews: DVDs: The Boulting Brothers CollectionAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD box set comprising: The MAGIC BOX / BROTHERS IN LAW / Th e FAMILY WAY / TWISTED NERVE.
In: Today's Cinema v88 n7715 15 Feb 1957 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v88 n7715 15 Feb 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v24 n279 April 1957 Page: 42
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v24 n279 April 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7320 15 Feb 1957 Page: 5
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7320 15 Feb 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 13 Mar 1957
Title: [Variety - 13 Mar 1957: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2584 21 Feb 1957 Page: 15
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2584 21 Feb 1957: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Base: SafetyBFI identifier: C-25349
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8379 FeetStock date: 1956BFI identifier: C-25350
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status