An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
Ralph Richardson
Sir Wilfred Robarts
Deborah Kerr
Nurse Plimsoll
Beau Bridges
Leonard Vole
Donald Pleasence
Mr. Myers
Wendy Hiller
Janet Mackenzie
Diana Rigg
Christine Vole
David Langton
Mayhew
Richard Vernon
Brogan-Moore
Peter Sallis
Carter
Michael Gough
Judge
Frank Mills
Chief Inspector Hearne
Michael Nightingale
Clerk of the Court
Peter Copley
Dr. Harrison
Patricia Leslie
Mrs. French
John Kidd
Court Usher
Ken Kitson
Policeman (as Kit Kitson)
Wilfred Grove
Photographer
Primi Townsend
Diana
Andrew MacLachlan
Jury Foreman
Aubrey Woods
Tailor
Zulema Dene
Miss Johnson
Barbara New
Miss O'Brien
Jenny Donnison
1st Nurse
Ceri Jackson
2nd Nurse
Harold Coyne
Juror (uncredited)
Walter Henry
Gerry Judge
Man in Court (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Barrister (uncredited)
Harry Van Engel
Alan Gibson
Director
Norman Rosemont
Producer
Sep 24, 1937
May 10, 1995
Jun 15, 1950
Sep 17, 2021
Mar 9, 2015
Jan 7, 1974
Feb 7, 2018
May 15, 2017
Sep 17, 1993
Nov 18, 1997
Dec 29, 1991
Sep 30, 1986
Aug 2, 2015
May 17, 2020
Oct 18, 2020
Mar 14, 2021
Rosemont Productions
GB
Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
US
CBS Entertainment Productions
United Kingdom
United States
English