A Pair of Briefs
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ralph Thomas
Michael Craig
Mary Peach
Brenda De Banzie
James Robertson Justice
Roland Culver
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Fledgling barristers Frances Pilbright and Tony Stevens begin their careers at the same time in the London law offices of Sir John Pilbright, Frances' eminent uncle. Frances' first assignment is to defend Gladys Pudney in a suit for restitution of conjugal rights. Tony's solicitor friend Hubert Shannon takes pity on him and offers him the assignment of defending Cockney Sid Pudney against Gladys' claim. Gladys, dressed in a sable coat, leaves her Rolls Royce and enters a hotel, to emerge soon afterwards with the accent and attire of a poor North Country woman. She claims that she was married during the war, although the witnesses have since disappeared and the records of the marriage were destroyed. She explains that she suffered amnesia and that her husband, Sid, left her shortly thereafter. Upon regaining her memory she contacted Sid, but he denied ever having married her. Frances and Tony incur the wrath of Justice Hadden through their courtroom inexperience, and the irascible judge threatens to have them disbarred. The judge finally rules that there is no legal proof that Gladys was ever married to Sid Pudney. Frances immediately sets an appeal in motion, but Tony accidentally discovers that Gladys initiated the case with the intention of losing it. Now happily married to a millionaire, she feared that Sid would find out that she was wealthy and try to blackmail her. Tony and Frances declare their love and plan to marry.
Director
Ralph Thomas
Cast
Michael Craig
Mary Peach
Brenda De Banzie
James Robertson Justice
Roland Culver
Liz Fraser
Ron Moody
Jameson Clark
Charles Heslop
Bill Kerr
Nicholas Phipps
Joan Sims
John Standing
Amanda Barrie
Judy Carne
Barbara Ferris
Myrtle Reed
Terry Scott
Graham Stark
Ronnie Stevens
Crew
Betty E. Box
Betty E. Box
Maurice Carter
Robert T. Macphee
Charles Orme
Norrie Paramor
Nicholas Phipps
Alfred Roome
Don Sharpe
Earl St. John
Ernest Steward
Ralph Thomas
Anthony Waye
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Released in Great Britain in April 1962.
