Composer:
Joseph HorovitzCast:
Leo McKern, Richard Murdoch, Peter Blythe, Peter Bowles, Patricia Hodge, Samantha Bond, Maurice Denham, Rowena Cooper, Martin Turner, Saeed Jaffrey (more)Plots(1)
Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) is the down-at-heel yet brilliant barrister who plies the courtrooms of the Old Bailey. Fond of quoting Wordsworth and notorious for turning away many suits according to his own moral code, he never prosecutes, always defends. (Fremantle Home Entertainment)
Cast
Leo McKern
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Richard Murdoch
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Peter Blythe
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Peter Bowles
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Patricia Hodge
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Samantha Bond
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Maurice Denham
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Rowena Cooper
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Martin Turner
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Saeed Jaffrey
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Peter Cellier
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Robert East
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Peter Benson
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Nigel Havers
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Geoffrey Bayldon
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Walter Sparrow
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Joanna David
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Robert Lang
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Charles Edwards
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David Yelland
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