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Campbell Playhouse: Counsellor at Law (Elmer Rice), 1939
Episode 1220th March 2022 • The Complete Orson Welles • duane Old Time Radio
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Adapted from the play by Elmer Rice. This drama of Counsellor at Law, aired on The Campbell Playhouse. This episode aired Friday, January 6, 1939.

Story: Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful. The movie was written by, Elmer Rice, and based on the 1931 Broadway play.

Starring: Orson Welles, Aline MacMahon, Gertrude Berg, and Joseph Cotten.

With guest star, Samuel S. Leibowitz, a well-known lawyer at the time who was famous for winning most of his cases and became a New York State Supreme Court Justice.

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