Society Lawyer

{{short description|1939 film by Edwin L. Marin}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Society Lawyer

| image = Eduardo Ciannelli in Society Lawyer trailer.jpg

| caption = Eduardo Ciannelli in the film

| director = Edwin L. Marin

| producer = John W. Considine Jr.
Louis D. Lighton

| based_on = {{based on|Penthouse
1935 novel|Arthur Somers Roche}}

| screenplay = Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Leon Gordon
Hugo Butler

| narrator =

| starring = Walter Pidgeon
Virginia Bruce

| music = Edward Ward

| cinematography = George J. Folsey

| editing = Howard O'Neill

| studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1939|03|21}}

| runtime = 77 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $232,000{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.

| gross = $472,000

}}

Society Lawyer is a 1939 crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce. It is a milder remake of the pre-Code Penthouse (1933).