An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.
- 6.9
- 1976
- Released
- 1h 40m
Katharine Hepburn
Jessica Medlicott
Laurence Olivier
Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones
Richard Pearson
George Druce
Colin Blakely
J.F. Devine
Joan Sims
Fanny Pratt
Leigh Lawson
Alfred Pratt
Gwen Nelson
Hermione Davis
Robert Harris
The JudgePeter Reeves
Maiden
John Blythe
Tipstall
Arthur Hewlett
The UsherJohn Dunbar
Clerk of the Court
Ian Sinclair
Pratt's SolicitorMervyn Pascoe
1st BarristerColin Thomas
2nd BarristerLincoln Wright
3rd BarristerEdward Arthur
4th BarristerLeslie Southwick
6th BarristerStanley Platts
Foreman of the JuryPhilip Lennard
1st ReporterPeter Lund
2nd Reporter
Frank Forsyth
Jessop
John G. Heller
HeadwaiterRosamond Burne
1st Woman SpectatorCarol Fairweather
2nd Woman Spectator
Jacqueline Clarke
Miss PrattT.C. Hogan
TeplowErnest Blyth
Jury Member (Uncredited)John Tatham
Jury Member (Uncredited)Jacqueline Clarke
Miss PrattReleased
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Katharine Hepburn is on sparkling form as "Jessica"; an elderly widow who is being sued for breach of promise by her toy-boy ex-fiancée. She seeks the legal services of veteran Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones (a superbly entertaining Sir Laurence Olivier) without realising - as he most certainly does - that they had a romantic past some years earlier in Canada. The ensuing court room drama provides the