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Term of Trial

5.9 130 mins Drama   1962
Romulus Films   Warner Bros. Pictures  
Director(s): Peter Glenville

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.

Casts of Term of Trial

Laurence Olivier

as Graham Weir

Simone Signoret

as Anna Weir

Sarah Miles

as Shirley Taylor

Terence Stamp

as Mitchell

Hugh Griffith

as O'Hara

Roland Culver

as Trowman

Dudley Foster

as Detective Sergeant Keirnan

Frank Pettingell

as Ferguson

Thora Hird

as Mrs. Taylor

Norman Bird

as Mr. Taylor

Newton Blick

as Prosecutor

Allan Cuthbertson

as Sylvan-Jones

Barbara Ferris

as Joan

Rosamund Greenwood

as Constance

Nicholas Hannen

as Magistrate

Roy Holder

as Thompson

Derren Nesbitt

as Lodger

Clive Colin Bowler

as Collins

Earl Cameron

as Chard

Julia Foster

as Virginia

Vanda Godsell

as Mrs. Thompson

Lloyd Lamble

as Inspector Ullyat

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