The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
A docudramatisation of the 1960 obscenity trial in the United Kingdom of Penguin Books for publishing D.H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover.
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Key crew
- Jonathan AlwynDirector
- Edwin PearceWriter
Cast
- Ludovic KennedySelf – Presenter
- Edward WoodwardMervyn Griffith-Jones
- Patrick AllenGerald Gardiner QC
- Geoffrey BayldonJustice Byrne
- Barrie CooksonJeremy Hutchinson
- Peter TuddenhamCourt Clerk
- Michael HawkinsDet. Insp. Charles Monahan
- Robert CartlandGraham Hough
- Yvonne CouletteHelen Gardiner
- Hilary MasonJoan Bennett
- Gerald SimBishop of Woolwich
- Leslie FrenchE.M. Forster
Themes
docudramaobscenity1960scourtroom dramaobscenity charges