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Term of Trial (original title)
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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.
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  • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Graham Weir
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Anna
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Shirley Taylor
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Mitchell
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O'Hara
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Trowman
Dudley Foster ...
Detective Sergeant Keirnan
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Ferguson
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Mrs. Taylor
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Mr. Taylor
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Newton Blick ...
Prosecutor
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Sylvan-Jones
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Joan
Rosamund Greenwood ...
Constance
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Magistrate
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Thompson
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Lodger
Clive Colin Bowler ...
Collins (uncredited)
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Chard (uncredited)
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Virginia (uncredited)
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Mrs. Thompson (uncredited)
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Inspector Ullyat (uncredited)

Directed by

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Peter Glenville

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James Barlow ... (novel)
 
Peter Glenville ... ()

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James H. Ware ... associate producer
James Woolf ... producer
John Woolf ... producer (uncredited)

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Jean-Michel Damase

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Oswald Morris ... director of photography

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Jim Clark

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Wilfred Shingleton

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Tony Woollard

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Peter James

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Beatrice Dawson

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Gordon Bond ... hairdresser
Ernest Gasser ... makeup artist

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Charles Blair ... production manager

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Gerry O'Hara ... assistant director (as Gerald O'Hara)

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Peter Musgrave ... dubbing editor
Charles Poulton ... sound mixer
Len Shilton ... sound mixer

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Stuart Hetherington ... bp cinematography
Brian West ... camera operator

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Lambert Williamson ... conductor

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Plot Summary

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. Written by David Claydon

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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... See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le verdict (France)
  • Escándalo en las aulas (Spain)
  • Spiel mit dem Schicksal (West Germany)
  • Final de julgamento (Portugal)
  • Vroeg rijp (Netherlands)
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  • 130 min
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Trivia 54-year-old Sir Laurence Olivier had an affair with 19-year-old Sarah Miles during filming. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Terence Stamp (2015). See more »
Soundtracks Valiant for Truth See more »
Quotes Anna: Attractive, isn't she?
Graham Weir: What do you want to say it in that silly voice for?
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