---
title: 'Brothers in Law (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Boulting'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/brothers-in-law-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050214/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Brothers in Law (1957)

1957 · 94 min · Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Brothers in Law is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Jill Adams. It was written by Boulting, Jeffrey Dell and Frank Harvey Jr., adapted from the 1955 novel Brothers in Law by Henry Cecil, a comedy set in the legal profession. The film is one of the Boulting brothers' successful series of institutional satires that began with Private's Progress in 1956.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Boulting](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-boulting)
- **Screenplay:** [Roy Boulting](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-boulting), [Jeffrey Dell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-dell), [Henry Cecil](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-cecil), [Frank Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-harvey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Benjamin Frankel](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-frankel)
- **Producer:** [John Boulting](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-boulting)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mutz Greenbaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/mutz-greenbaum)
- **Editor:** [Anthony Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-harvey)

## Cast

- [John Le Mesurier](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-le-mesurier)
- [Jill Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-adams)
- [Kynaston Reeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/kynaston-reeves)
- [Andrew Courage](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-courage)
- [Raymond Huntley](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-huntley)
- [Richard Attenborough](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-attenborough)
- [Miles Malleson](https://cinepixo.com/people/miles-malleson)
- [John Schlesinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-schlesinger)
- [Terry-Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-thomas)

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