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Writers:
James Barlow (writer)
Peter Glenville (writer)
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Release Date:
16 August 1962 (UK) more
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Tagline:
She was hardly more than a child...She was a bitter-sweet 16 with a sudden awareness that she could completely destroy a married man...
Plot:
Graham Weir is an alcoholic schoolteacher whose criminal record for refusing to fight during the Second... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
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Only saw this once when it came out. more (5 total)

Cast

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Laurence Olivier ... Graham Weir

Simone Signoret ... Anna
Sarah Miles ... Shirley Taylor

Terence Stamp ... Mitchell
Hugh Griffith ... O'Hara
Roland Culver ... Trowman
Dudley Foster ... Detective Sergeant Keirnan
Frank Pettingell ... Ferguson
Thora Hird ... Mrs. Taylor
Norman Bird ... Mr. Taylor
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Newton Blick ... Prosecutor
Allan Cuthbertson ... Sylvan-Jones
Barbara Ferris ... Joan
Rosamund Greenwood ... Constance
Nicholas Hannen ... Magistrate
Ray Holder ... Thompson
Derren Nesbitt ... Lodger
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Additional Details

Runtime:
130 min
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Anna: Attractive isn't she?
Graham Weir: What do you want to say it in that silly voice for?
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12 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Only saw this once when it came out., 1 February 2002
Author: Chloe13141414 from Marblehead, Mass.

Never forgot it. Forgot the title, tho-knew it had the word: TRIAL--in it-then thanks to your page--there it was! For years I've ben babbling to friends and film rental folks--I'd get the cold fish eye! Fie--on them! Olivier at his best--when wasn't he? And-Simone Signoret as his slatternly "fish wife"--how she must have lapped up that role. Sarah Miles as the young student from the slums who suddenly understands what her teacher (Oliver) has been trying to teach her about being a person of noble character. Oooh! I'm getting emotional chills-just thinking of the last scene. Sir Laurence-besotted with love for his evil wife-is lying on his side-fully dressed-on their bed. He is looking directly into the camera--at us. She is packing to leave him but if he will admit to a LIE--she will remain. He admits to the lie-his degradation complete--his eyelids drooping--fadeout. Chloe

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