Plot
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.
Cast
as Sir Wilfred Robarts
as Nurse Plimsoll
as Leonard Vole
as Mr. Myers
as Janet Mackenzie
as Christine Vole
as Mayhew
as Brogan-Moore
as Carter
as Judge
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Reviews
The 1957 version of this story is certainly one of my favourite films, so any remake was always going to be a tough ask. This one is, however, a decent and characterful effort with Sir Ralph Richardson as curmudgeonly barrister "Sir Wilfred" who is charged with the seemingly impossible task of defending "Leonard Vole" (Beau Bridges) from a charge that he murdered an older lady with whom he was fr…