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Rumpole of the Bailey: With Leo McKern, Jonathan Coy, Julian Curry, Marion Mathie. The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs.
The hour-long pilot episode that aired on BBC1 in 1975 introducing the irrepressible Old Bailey defence lawyer, Horace Rumpole.
In John Mortimer's satirical look at criminal law and the workings of the Old Bailey, Horace Rumpole is a barrister who spouts Wordsworth to himself and is famed among colleagues for his battered...
Rumpole of the Bailey. Season 1. Cigar-puffing, whiskey-sipping, insult-generating defense barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) proves why he's one of the most unexpected successful attorneys in Great Britain. 31 1978 6 episodes. X-Ray TV-14. Drama. Free trial of PBS Masterpiece. Watch with PBS Masterpiece. Start your 7-day free trial. Episodes.
After becoming enamored of a beautiful violinist, Rumpole finds himself defending her husband on a charge of murdering her lover.
Rumpole defends a hippie-type schoolteacher on a narcotics charge and finds himself attracted to her and her lifestyle.
Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device. Where to watch Rumpole of the Bailey (1978) starring Leo McKern, Derek Benfield, Moray Watson and directed by Robert Tronson.
Oct 5, 2010 · In chambers the bright and witty barrister Horace Rumpole, who often includes fragments of poetry from Arthur Quiller-Couch's Oxford Book of English Verse, or William Wordsworth, in his conversations enjoys friendly interchanges with other chambers members: Guthrie Featherstone (Peter Bowles) a Q.C. (Queen's Counsel), and later a Red Judge ...
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