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1962 British film
| Term of Trial | |
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| Directed by | Peter Glenville |
| Written by | James Barlow(novel) Peter Glenville |
| Produced by | James Woolf |
| Starring | Laurence Olivier Simone Signoret Sarah Miles |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Jim Clark |
| Music by | Jean-Michel Damase |
| Production company | Romulus Films |
| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé (UK) Warner Bros. Pictures (US) |
| Release dates | 16 August 1962 (World Premiere, London) |
| Running time | 130 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Term of Trial is a 1962 British drama film written and directed by Peter Glenville and produced by James Woolf for his Romulus Films company with James H. Ware as associate producer from a screenplay based on the novel of the same name by James Barlow. The music score was by Jean-Michel Damase and the cinematography by Oswald Morris.
The film stars Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Sarah Miles with Terence Stamp, Hugh Griffith, Roland Culver, Dudley Foster and Thora Hird. The film marked the screen debuts of Miles and Stamp.
The film had it's World Premiere on 16 August 1962 at the Warner Theatre in London's West End.
Plot
Graham Weir is an alcoholic schoolteacher whose criminal record for refusing to fight during the Second World War has prevented him from progressing further in his teaching career. Now, years later, he is in a school where teens who don't like to be there and is married to a very embittered wife. While in school, he meets Shirley Taylor, a new girl in the school who starts to have a crush on him. Graham does not realize it, but Shirley's infatuation will lead to serious trouble, including the threat of a false sexual molestation charge.
Cast
- Laurence Olivier as Graham Weir
- Simone Signoret as Anna
- 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
- Allan Cuthbertson as Sylvan-Jones
- Barbara Ferris as Joan
- Rosamund Greenwood as Constance
- Nicholas Hannen as Magistrate
- Derren Nesbitt as Lodger
External links
| The films of Peter Glenville | |
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- The Times online archive 16/8/1962 page 2