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B&W legal dramas
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDariusKyrak
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I'm finding myself remembering fondly watching old black and white movies based around the courtroom... and not being able to remember anything but the most basic and non-descript of scenes. SO, I figures that I'd ask for opinions of good examples of the genre.

Two that I do recall enjoying are 'The Boys' and 'Twelve Angry Men'. I also recall a film where the lawyer (I think it was Robert Morley playing an ill, retired lawyer) got someone off who turned out to be guilty, but I don't recall the name.

Any suggestions?

Stuart
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Law And Disorder

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Courtroom drama ? ..,in  Black and White with  Excellant screenplay & good acting ... 
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Anatomy of a Murder

To Kill a Mockingbird

Hopefully someone else can think of something less obvious, cause i'd like to see it.
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It also sounds a bit like Witness for the Prosecution with Charles Laughton as the lawyer.
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SO, I figures that I'd ask for opinions of good examples of the genre.


I'd recommend Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Tons of classic actors/actresses in that one, and based upon true events.
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Trial and Error

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Quoting DariusKyrak:
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I'm finding myself remembering fondly watching old black and white movies based around the courtroom... and not being able to remember anything but the most basic and non-descript of scenes. SO, I figures that I'd ask for opinions of good examples of the genre.

Two that I do recall enjoying are 'The Boys' and 'Twelve Angry Men'. I also recall a film where the lawyer (I think it was Robert Morley playing an ill, retired lawyer) got someone off who turned out to be guilty, but I don't recall the name.

Any suggestions?

Stuart



The one with Morley is probably Libel (1959) by Anthony Asquith. Your description seems to match more or less that of the IMDB.
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorDariusKyrak
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It also sounds a bit like Witness for the Prosecution with Charles Laughton as the lawyer.


I think that this is the winner for the film I couldn't quite remember. The lawyer was indeed Charles Laughton and not Robert Morley.

I'll check out the other suggestions as well. Thanks all!

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