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Society Lawyer (1939)

Society Lawyer poster
Directed by
Edwin L. Marin
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A smooth talking lawyer gets mixed up with a mobster and a socialite. He tries to save a woman from a dangerous criminal situation.

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What happens

Society Lawyer is a 1939 crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce. It is a milder remake of the pre-Code Penthouse (1933). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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