![Brothers in Law](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/"Brothers_in_Law"_(1957).jpg/900px-"Brothers_in_Law"_(1957).jpg)
![Brothers in Law](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/"Brothers_in_Law"_(1957).jpg/200px-"Brothers_in_Law"_(1957).jpg)
Brothers in Law
Brothers in Law is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Jill Adams. The film is one of the Boulting brothers successful series of institutional satires that begun with Private's Progress in 1956. It is an adaptation of the 1955 novel Brothers in Law by Henry Cecil, a comedy set in the legal profession.
Plot
Roger Thursby has just completed his barrister's examinations and has been called to the bar. He commences his pupillage in the London chambers of Kendall Grimes, but finds he learns more from Henry, his fellow pupil, and Alec, the chambers clerk. Although only supposed to 'shadow' Grimes, he finds himself on his feet before unsympathetic judges almost immediately.
More details
| author | Frank Harvey Henry Cecil Jeffrey Dell Roy Boulting |
|---|---|
| director | Roy Boulting |
| editor | Anthony Harvey |
| genre | comedy satire |
| keywords | assize barrister called to the bar divorce henry v pupillage |
| musicBy | Benjamin Frankel |
| producer | John and Roy Boulting |
| publisher | British Lion Films |
| theme | satirical |