A Pair of Briefs

She's new in chambers, and he's a troublemaker. But what 'is' the true status of the old lady's wartime marriage, and can the two young legal minds find the answer?

Cast

Michael Craig

as Tony Stevens

Mary Peach

as Frances Pilbright

Brenda De Banzie

as Gladys Rose Hanley

James Robertson Justice

as Justice Haddon

Ron Moody

as Sidney Pudney

Roland Culver

as Sir John Pilbright

Liz Fraser

as Pearl Hoskins

Charles Heslop

as Peebles

Jameson Clark

as George Lockwood

John Standing

as Hubert Shannon

Reviews

dennyjt

Courtroom comedy farce is smartly written fun with an unexpected twist. Craig and Peach are barristers in the same chamber opposing one another in court when De Banzie brings suit against dodgy Moody, claiming to be his long lost wife. Since he is now shacked up with bubbly Fraser, he denies all kn...

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