poster

1957

NR (03/04/1957) (GB)

Comedy,

1h 34m

71

User Score

By the same team that made Private's Progress

Overview

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.

1957

71

User Score

NR (03/04/1957) (GB)

Comedy,

1h 34m

By the same team that made Private's Progress

Overview

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.

Cast

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Henry Marshall

Ian Carmichael

Ian Carmichael

Roger Thursby

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

Alfred Green

Jill Adams

Jill Adams

Sally Smith

Leslie Phillips

Leslie Phillips

Shop Assistant

Henry B. Longhurst

Henry B. Longhurst

Rev. Arthur Thursby

Edith Sharpe

Edith Sharpe

Mrs. Thursby

Eric Barker

Eric Barker

Alec Blair

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

Kendall Grimes Q.C.

John Le Mesurier

John Le Mesurier

His Honour Judge Ryman

Irene Handl

Irene Handl

Mrs. Potter

Olive Sloane

Olive Sloane

Mrs. Newent

Penny Morrell

Penny Morrell

Rosalie Biddle

Stuart Saunders

Stuart Saunders

Major Biddle

Peggy Ann Clifford

Peggy Ann Clifford

Mrs. Bristow

Nicholas Parsons

Nicholas Parsons

Charles Poole

John Welsh

John Welsh

Mr. Justice Fanshawe

Llewellyn Rees

Llewellyn Rees

Farrant Q.C.

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Tatlock Q.C.