Inadmissible Evidence
Cast & Crew
Anthony Page
Nicol Williamson
Eleanor Fazan
Jill Bennett
Peter Sallis
David Valla
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Bill Maitland, a middle-aged London barrister, feels contempt for his mediocre life and irritation at the seeming vacuity of the people who surround him. At home he suffers the indifference of his daughter Jane and the conventionality of his son Peter. The coldness of his wife, Anna, drives him to, among other women, his mistress, Liz Eaves, who fights a losing battle against Maitland's self-torment. At the office he is taunted for his inefficiency by his co-workers, who dislike him, and for his emotional sterility by his secretary, Shirley, with whom he has had an affair. One day everything explodes at once: his wife nags him about his promiscuity, fellow attorney Hudson scorns his offer of a junior partnership, Shirley bitterly announces that she is pregnant and resigns, and Liz refuses to be neglected simply because his daughter is having a birthday party. Shackled by indecision and his own feeling of worthlessness, he becomes useless to his clients, who include Mrs. Garnsey, a distressed woman seeking a divorce, and Maples, a homosexual arrested for public indecency. Feeling increasingly trapped, Maitland leaves work and wanders through the streets of Soho. When he returns to the office, he seeks sexual solace with Joy, his mini-skirted receptionist; but they are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of his wife. Dinner with shallow friends, arguments with both his wife and mistress, and a failure to communicate with his daughter make him even more depressed. After telephoning his wife and telling her not to see him again, he smashes his office window and walks into the empty London streets.
Director
Anthony Page
Cast
Nicol Williamson
Eleanor Fazan
Jill Bennett
Peter Sallis
David Valla
Eileen Atkins
Ingrid Brett
Gillian Hills
Isabel Dean
Clare Kelly
John Normington
Patsy Huxter
Hilary Hardiman
John Savident
Rufus Dawson
Stephen Martin
Penny Bird
Brian Cleaver
Martin Ryan Grace
Alan Selwyn
Joseph Tregonino
Lindsay Anderson
Reg Peters
Ronald Clarke
"lee"
Ann Lancaster
Ellis Dale
Debbie Jacobs
Ellen Mann
June Brown
Ishaq Bux
Norma Shebbeare
James Ottaway
Valerie Collier
Pamela Papworth
Crew
Mary Bredin
Seamus Flannery
Anne Gainsford
Ken Hodges
Ronald Kinnoch
Dudley Moore
Dudley Moore
John Osborne
Kevin Sutton
Derek Whitehurst
Derek York
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Released in Great Britain in May 1969. Nicol Williamson sings two songs in the film: "Room 504," a pre-World War II British song, and "Moonlight Becomes You."
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 1968
Released in United States Summer June 1968
