Society Lawyer

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).

Society Lawyer
Eduardo Ciannelli in the film
Directed by	Edwin L. Marin
Screenplay by	Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett Leon Gordon Hugo Butler
Based on	Penthouse 1935 novel by Arthur Somers Roche
Produced by	John W. Considine Jr. Louis D. Lighton
Starring	Walter Pidgeon Virginia Bruce
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Edited by	Howard O'Neill
Music by	Edward Ward
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 21, 1939 (1939-03-21)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$232,000[1]
Box office	$472,000[1]

Plot

Cast

• Walter Pidgeon as Christopher Durant
• Virginia Bruce as Pat Abbott
• Leo Carrillo as Tony Gazotti
• Eduardo Ciannelli as Jim Crelliman
• Lee Bowman as Phil Siddall
• Frances Mercer as Sue Leonard
• Ann Morriss as Judy Barton
• Herbert Mundin as Layton
• Frank M. Thomas as Lieutenant Stevens

Box office

According to MGM records the film made $312,000 in the US and Canada and $160,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $64,000.^[1]