

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.

Ralph Richardson

Deborah Kerr

Beau Bridges

Donald Pleasence

Wendy Hiller

Diana Rigg

David Langton

Richard Vernon

Peter Sallis

Michael Gough

Frank Mills

Michael Nightingale

Peter Copley

Patricia Leslie

John Kidd

Ken Kitson

Wilfred Grove

Primi Townsend

Andrew MacLachlan

Aubrey Woods

Zulema Dene

Barbara New

Jenny Donnison

Ceri Jackson

Harold Coyne

Walter Henry

Gerry Judge

Reg Thomason

Harry Van Engel