Term of Trial

Overview

A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including his bitter wife, Anna. When the lovely young Shirley Taylor, one of Weir's students, falls for her unfortunate instructor, he is tempted and flattered but turns down her advances. Taylor's subsequent actions make Weir's life even more complicated.

Directed by Peter Glenville

Top cast

Laurence Olivier

Graham Weir

Simone Signoret

Anna Weir

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

Roy Holder

Thompson

Derren Nesbitt

Lodger

C

Clive Colin Bowler

Collins

Earl Cameron

Chard

Julia Foster

Virginia

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