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.
Richard Attenborough
as Henry Marshall
Ian Carmichael
as Roger Thursby
Terry-Thomas
as Alfred Green
Jill Adams
as Sally Smith
Leslie Phillips
as Shop Assistant
Henry B. Longhurst
as Rev. Arthur Thursby
Edith Sharpe
as Mrs. Thursby
Eric Barker
as Alec Blair
Miles Malleson
as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
John Le Mesurier
as His Honour Judge Ryman
John Chard
Frightfully sorry old boy! Newly qualified and wet behind the ears barrister Roger Thursby joins his flatmate Henry Marshall as trainee at a London law firm. After a bout of confusion, Thursby finds himself defending a case and is hopelessly out of his depth, where the only thing he wins is the s...