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Law and Disorder (1940 film)

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Director
  
David MacDonald

Music director
  
Francis Chagrin

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Cinematography
  
Ernest Palmer

Writer
  
Roger MacDougall

Language
  
English


Release date
  
6 July 1940

Cast
  
Alastair Sim
,
Edward Chapman
,
Diana Churchill
,
Barry K Barnes

Related David MacDonald movies
  
Operation Malaya (1953), Alias John Preston (1955), Men of the Lightship (1940), Snowbound (1948), Good-Time Girl (1948)

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Law and Disorder is a 1940 British comedy crime film directed by David MacDonald and starring Alastair Sim, Diana Churchill and Barry K. Barnes. The screenplay concerns a young solicitor who defends a number of petty criminals accused of sabotage. The film was made at Highbury Studios, with sets designed by art director James A. Carter.

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The film premiered at Gaumont Haymarket in London on 7 June 1940.

Cast

  • Alastair Sim as Samuel Blight
  • Diana Churchill as Janet Preston
  • Barry K. Barnes as Larry Preston
  • Edward Chapman as Inspector Bray
  • Austin Trevor as Heinrichs
  • Ruby Miller as Mrs Honeycombe
  • Leo Genn
  • Geoffrey Sumner
  • Glen Alyn
  • Torin Thatcher
  • Carl Jaffe
  • Cyril Smith

    • References

    Law and Disorder (1940 film) Wikipedia
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    Law and Disorder (1940 film) IMDb