Term of Trial

Name: Term of Trial
Genre: Drama
Released: 1962-08-16
Duration: 2 h 10 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles

19621962
2h 10m

7.1/10

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Laurence Olivier, Sarah Miles, and Simone Signoret in Term of Trial (1962)

Drama

A British high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher, but after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.A British high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher, but after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.A British high-school girl becomes infatuated with her English teacher, but after he rejects her amorous advances, she goes to the police and accuses him of indecent assault.

7.1/10

679

Director
- Peter Glenville
Writers
- James Barlow(novel)
- Peter Glenville
Stars

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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

Laurence Olivier in Term of Trial (1962)

Laurence Olivier and Simone Signoret in Term of Trial (1962)

Terence Stamp and Sarah Miles in Term of Trial (1962)

Laurence Olivier and Peter Glenville in Term of Trial (1962)

Graham Weir is an alcoholic schoolteacher whose criminal record for refusing to fight during World War II has prevented him from progressing further in his teaching career. He is looked upon with disdain by his headmaster, his pupils, and even his wife. The one person who appreciates his shyness and warmth is one of his pupils, Shirley Taylor. After Weir offers to give her free private tuition, the pupil slowly falls in love with her teacher. She treats this as an obsession that can never be fulfilled, but in her frustration and naivete, she reveals her true feelings for Weir and offers to sleep with him. Weir gently refuses and intends to forget about the incident, but then Taylor accuses him of indecent assault. —David Claydon <dc6212@bristol.ac.uk>

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Taglines
- 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...
Genre
- Drama
Parents guide
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Trivia
54-year-old Sir Laurence Olivier had an affair with 19-year-old Sarah Miles during filming.

Quotes
Anna: Attractive, isn't she?
Graham Weir: What do you want to say it in that silly voice for?

Connections
Featured in Discovering Film: Terence Stamp (2015)

Soundtracks
Valiant for Truth
(uncredited)
Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Words by John Bunyan

Top review

10/10

Me Too gone wrong

Excellent job by Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret and especially Sarah Miles, hat a revelation. Olivier looks tired and lethargic but maybe his heart wasn't into this project.

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