Mary Peach and Michael Craig |
Tony Stevens (Michael Craig) is a young lawyer hoping to get "briefs" -- cases -- that will pay more money than others. Tony is annoyed when newcomer Frances (Mary Peach) gets a high-paying case right off the bat due to connections, so he importunes a drunken friend of his in the prosecutor's office to let him stand up for the defendant in the same case (a highly unlikely scenario). Frances is representing Gladys Worthing (Brenda de Banzie), a shabby middle-aged woman who is suing her alleged husband, Sidney (Ron Moody of Murder Most Foul), for "restitution of conjugal rights." For his part, Sidney insists that he and Gladys were never married. As the case proceeds, Judge Haddon (James Robertson Justice) nearly has apoplexy dealing with the oddly reticent plaintiff as well as the conduct of the two opposing barristers.
Nicholas Phipps |
Verdict: Interesting developments and a good cast help put this over. ***.
2 comments:
Will look for this. Have loved Moody ever since he played Fagin in Oliver, and have always been a fan of character actress de Banzie, who is so wonderful as the unlikely kidnapper in the 1956 Man Who Knew Too Much with Doris Day and Jimmy Stewart.
- Chris
Yikes -- forgot de Banzie was in the Hitchcock classic! I thought she looked familiar! Both actors are quite good in this picture.
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