After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his wife. Despite Fowle's insistence of guilt, Moregenhall will not let go of the opportunity to plead his client as innocent and be a star in the courtroom.

• Dimitri De Grunwald
• Peter Sellers
• Richard Attenborough
• Beryl Reid
• David Lodge
• Frank Pettingell
• Audrey Nicholson
• Tristram Jellinek
• Eric Woodburn