The Law and the Lady (1951)
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The Law and the Lady is the third film version of the venerable Frederick Lonsdale stage play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. Greer Garson follows in the footsteps of Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford as a beautiful confidence trickster, working in concert with a suave jewel thief (Michael Wilding). Jane Hoskins (Garson) inveigles herself into the household of San Francisco dowager Warton (Marjorie Main), where she and her accomplice intend to take their feisty hostess for everything she's got. Thanks to censorial intervention, many of the sharper satirical edges of the Lonsdale original have been dulled by sentiment and pathos. Still, any film that offers Greer Garson as a not-so-nice lady is well worth having. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Greer Garson, Michael Wilding, Sr., (more)
- Director(s):
- Edwin H. Knopf
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Synopsis of The Law and the Lady
The Law and the Lady is the third film version of the venerable Frederick Lonsdale stage play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. Greer Garson follows in the footsteps of Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford as a beautiful confidence trickster, working in concert with a suave jewel thief (Michael Wilding). Jane Hoskins (Garson) inveigles herself into the household of San Francisco dowager Warton (Marjorie Main), where she and her accomplice intend to take their feisty hostess for everything she's got. Thanks to censorial intervention, many of the sharper satirical edges of the Lonsdale original have been dulled by sentiment and pathos. Still, any film that offers Greer Garson as a not-so-nice lady is well worth having. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Law and the Lady
- Greer Garson - Jane Hoskins
- Fernando Lamas - Juan Dinas
- Hayden Rorke - Tracy Collins
- Rhys Williams - Inspector McGraw
- Natalie Schafer - Pamela Femberson
- John Eldredge - Assistant Manager
- Holmes Herbert - English Colonel
- Anna Q. Nilsson - Mrs. Scholmm
- Stanley Logan - Sir Roland Epping
- Victor Sen Yung - Chinese Manager
- Matt Moore - Sen. Scholmm
- Richard Hale - Sheriff
- André Charlot - Maitre d'Hotel
- Michael Wilding, Sr. - Nigel Duxbury
- Marjorie Main - Mrs. Wortin
- Ralph Dumke - James H. Caighn
- Phyllis Stanley - Lady Minden
- Spencer Chan - Servant
- Margalo Gillmore - Cora Caighn
- Soledad Jiminez - Princess Margarita
- Betty Farrington - Mrs. Belpayasa
- Michael Wilding, Sr. - Lord Minden
- Lalo Rios - Fanchito
- Stuart Holmes - Mr. Bruno Thayar
- Bess Flowers - Mrs. Bruno Thayar
- Director(s):
- Edwin H. Knopf
- Writer(s):
- Leonard Spigelgass, Karl Tunberg
- Producer(s):
- Edwin H. Knopf
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