The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
Set in 1923, a British author named Marie Stopes is having quite the tumultuous life until one day she attempts to sue Dr. Halliday Sutherland for libel, since she thinks he criticized her birth control clinic. A lawyer named Patrick Hastings comes to represent Stopes, and judge Ernest Charles comes to represented Dr. Halliday Sutherland.
Ratings
IMDb10/10
Key crew
- R.W. ReidWriter
- Claude WhathamDirector
Cast
- Bernard ArchardSerjeant Sullivan, KC
- Anthony BateDr. Halliday Sutherland
- Alethea CharltonMarie Stopes
- Sonia DresdelProfessor Louise Mellroy
- Leo GennPatrick Hastings, KC
- Llewellyn ReesLord Chief Justice
- Peter SallisErnest Charles, KC
- Robert HardyNarrator