Brothers in Law

Infobox Film
name = Brothers in Law


caption =
director = Roy Boulting
producer = John Boulting
writer = Henry Cecil (book) Roy Boulting Jeffrey Dell Frank Harvey Jr.
starring = Richard Attenborough Ian Carmichael Terry-Thomas Jill Adams Miles Malleson
music = Benjamin Frankel
cinematography = Mutz Greenbaum
editing = Anthony Harvey
distributor = British Lion Films Tudor
released = 1957
runtime = 94 min.
country = U.K.
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
website =
imdb_id = 0050214:"For the musical group of this name, see The Brothers-in-Law."

"Brothers in Law" was a 1955 comedy book by Henry Cecil, himself a County Court judge, about Roger Thursby — a young barrister — experiencing his first year in chambers. In 1957 the book was made into a film starring Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas directed by Roy Boulting.

In 1962 Frank Muir and Denis Norden adapted the book as a television series featuring an early performance by Richard Briers in the leading role. The series also spawned a spin-off "Mr. Justice Duncannon", also written by Cecil. There were also two radio adaptations, one in 1955 starring Donald Sinden, and in 1970 in which Briers reprised the role. The latter radio series ran for thirty nine episodes.

External links

*bbc.co.uk|id=comedy/guide/articles/b/brothersinlaw_7771025.shtml|title="Brothers in Law" Comedy Guide
*imdb title|id=0050214|title=Brothers in Law (film)
*imdb title|id=0162067|title=Brothers in Law (TV series)
* [http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/brothers/index.html "Brothers In Law"] at British TV Comedy
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