By the same team that made Private's Progress
7.056
94 min
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.
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Richard Attenborough | Henry Marshall | Unowned |
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Ian Carmichael | Roger Thursby | Unowned |
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Terry-Thomas | Alfred Green | Unowned |
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Jill Adams | Sally Smith | Unowned |
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Miles Malleson | Kendall Grimes Q.C. | Unowned |
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Raymond Huntley | Tatlock Q.C. | Unowned |
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Eric Barker | Alec Blair | Unowned |
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Nicholas Parsons | Charles Poole | Unowned |
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Kynaston Reeves | Mr. Justice Lawson | Unowned |
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John Le Mesurier | His Honour Judge Ryman | Unowned |
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Irene Handl | Mrs. Potter | Unowned |
| Olive Sloane | Mrs. Newent | Unowned | |
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Edith Sharpe | Mrs. Thursby | Unowned |
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Leslie Phillips | Shop Assistant | Unowned |
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Brian Oulton | Client | Unowned |
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John Welsh | Mr. Justice Fanshawe | Unowned |
| Henry B. Longhurst | Reverend Arthur Thursby | Unowned | |
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Henry Hewitt | Treasurer | Unowned |
| Peggy Ann Clifford | Mrs. Bristow | Unowned | |
| Gerald Fox | Clerk | Unowned | |
| Bob McNaughton | Robing Room Attendant | Unowned | |
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Llewellyn Rees | Farrant Q.C. | Unowned |
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Maurice Colbourne | Official Referee | Unowned |
| Rolf Lefebvre | County Court Judge | Unowned | |
| Robert Raglan | Cleaver | Unowned | |
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Hugh Moxey | Golf Club Secretary | Unowned |
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Everley Gregg | Mrs. Barber | Unowned |
| John Warren | Mr. Venner | Unowned | |
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Stuart Saunders | Major Biddle | Unowned |
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Penny Morrell | Rosalie Biddle | Unowned |
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Margaret Lacey | Helper | Unowned |
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Michael Ward | Photographer | Unowned |
| Norma Shebbeare | Fashion Editress | Unowned | |
| John Boxer | Mr. Johnson | Unowned | |
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Wyndham Goldie | Mr. Smith | Unowned |
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Basil Dignam | Mr. Justice Emery | Unowned |
| Ronald Cardew | Clerk | Unowned | |
| Susan Maryott | Barmaid | Unowned | |
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Kenneth Griffith | Hearse Driver | Unowned |
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Ian Wilson | Hearse Attendant | Unowned |
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John Schlesinger | Assize Court Solicitor | Unowned |
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George Rose | Frost | Unowned |
| John Adams | Policeman in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ernest Blyth | Barrister (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ian Colin | County Court Counsel (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| George Curtis | Man in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Fred Davis | Barrister (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Jack Dearlove | Man in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Arthur Dibbs | Man in Pub (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Mabel Etherington | Woman in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Bernard Foreman | Policeman in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Muriel Greenslade | Juror (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Robert Gregory | Hallfield (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Patrick Halpin | Prisoner Escort (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Laurence Hepworth | Man in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Jack Hetherington | Barrister (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ned Hood | Man in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Billy John | Juror (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Anthony Lang | Man in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Dan Lester | Man in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Lola Morice | Juror (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Arthur Mullard | Extra (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Paul Phillips | Man in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Charles Price | Man in Court (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Ernie Priest | Barrister (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Charles Rayford | Juror (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Fred Real | Court Assistant (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Terry Sartain | Man in Pub (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Esme Smythe | Juror (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| George Spence | Juror in Slander Case (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Marianne Stone | Extra (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Fred Stroud | Barrister (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Gareth Tandy | Young Boy (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| James Ure | Passerby (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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John Van Eyssen | Mr. Forbes (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Martin Voss | Assistant Lawyer (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Robert Vossler | Man in Pub (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Pearl Walters | Juror (uncredited) | Unowned |