Counsellor at Law

Upscale Manhattan attorney George Simon (John Barrymore) pulled himself up from the Lower East Side to an Empire State Building office. However, when a rival threatens to go public with a serious ethical breach from his early career, all that he labored to build might come crashing in. William Wyler's hard-edged Depression-era drama also stars Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, Melvyn Douglas, Isabel Jewell, Thelma Todd; Elmer Rice adapted his stage hit for the screen. 81 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English DTS Lossless stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.