- Brothers in Law
Infobox Film
name = Brothers in Law
caption =
director = Roy Boulting
producer = John Boulting
writer = Henry Cecil (book) Roy BoultingJeffrey 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, seeThe 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 starringIan Carmichael andTerry-Thomas directed byRoy Boulting .In 1962
Frank Muir andDenis Norden adapted the book as a television series featuring an early performance byRichard 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 starringDonald 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
*amg title|id=1:7268|title=Brothers in Law
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