Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade

Season 1    Episode 6
May 15, 1978    60m    TV-PG
Rumpole is busy defending the youngest son of a family of villains on a murder charge. His client has all the evidence stacked against him, but meanwhile it is Rumpole's battered old bowler which is becoming the focus of bemused attention in chambers and beyondHilda has made up her mind that Rumpole is to take her to the Scales of Justice Ball. Perhaps a new hat and an acquittal at the Old Bailey will get him in the mood for dancing?
Directed By
Herbert Wise
Written By
John Mortimer

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Cast of Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade
  • Leo McKernHorace Rumpole
  • Derek Benfield
  • Moray Watson
  • Peter Bowles
  • Bill Fraser
  • Rosalyn Landor
  • Patricia Hodge
  • Julian Curry
  • Robin Bailey
  • Joanna Van Gyseghem
  • Peter Blythe
  • Maurice Denham
  • Richard Murdoch
  • Jonathan Coy
  • Denys Graham
  • Abigail McKernLiz Probert
  • Samantha BondElizabeth 'Mizz Liz' Probert
  • Marion Mathie
  • Ken Jones
  • Brian Hall
  • Walter Sparrow
  • Malcolm Storry

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