Sir Douglas Rolls had earned the reputation of being England’s greatest barrister. But he has just been informed by Doctor Hackett, specialist on diseases of the heart, that overwork has taken its toll and if Sir Douglas does not take off for several months he stands a good chance of dying soon. Back in his chambers, a solicitor named Pope was waiting to see him. Pope’s firm handled most of the important legal cases. Pope was there to ask Sir Douglas to take up the defense of his client, Leslie Locke. Sir Douglas’s mind went back some twenty years when he was struggling for recognition, and he had been in love with a very beautiful girl —Laura Hyde. Sir Douglas had never spoken of his love, however, because he was very poor, and wanted to be quite certain, before he married, that he would be able to give his wife every luxury. Another admirer of Laura at the time was a well-to-do, volatile and impetuous young artist who, before the plodding Rolls knew what was happening, had swept …
File Name : The.Great.Defender.1934.mkv
File Size : 1118.39 MB
Resolution : 716×576 @ 764×576
Duration : 01:11:31
Quality: DVDRip
Language: English
Genre: Mystery, Romance
