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The Great Defender
“He would have the truth - the whole truth and nothing but...”
46%
Movie
1h 8m
AI Analysis
The Great Defender (1934) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Great Defender (1934) — a movie tagged as Drama and Mystery with tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~68 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Great Defender 46% (7 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
46%
from 7 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago, and whom he still loves deeply walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband, now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case, Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1934-11-26
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- TMDB rating
- 4.6
- TMDB ID
- 347974
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What is The Great Defender about?
Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. B... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie The Great Defender?
The official runtime for The Great Defender is approximately 68 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Matheson Lang
Sir Douglas Rolls

Margaret Bannerman
Laura Locke

Arthur Margetson
Leslie Locke
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Sam Livesey
Sir Henry Linguard

Jeanne Stuart
Phyllis Ware

Richard Bird
Eric Hammond

Frank Atkinson
Pope

Robert Horton
Doctor Hackett

Laurence Hanray
Parker

J. Fisher White
Judge

Kathleen Harrison
Agnes Carter

O.B. Clarence
Mr. Hammond

Mary Jerrold
Mrs. Hammond
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Hal Gordon
Percival Brown

Alec Fraser
Grainger
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Jimmy Godden
Inspector Holmes
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