The read
It runs a compact 1h 8m.
Synopsis
Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago, and whom he still loves deeply walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband, now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case, Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Thomas BentleyDirector
- Marjorie DeansScreenplay
- Paul PerezScreenplay
Cast
- Matheson LangSir Douglas Rolls
- Margaret BannermanLaura Locke
- Arthur MargetsonLeslie Locke
- Sam LiveseySir Henry Linguard
- Jeanne StuartPhyllis Ware
- Richard BirdEric Hammond
- Frank AtkinsonPope
- Robert HortonDoctor Hackett
- Laurence HanrayParker
- J. Fisher WhiteJudge
- Kathleen HarrisonAgnes Carter
- O.B. ClarenceMr. Hammond
Stills
Themes
courtroom drama