A Pair of Briefs (Original title)
Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 30 April 1962 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ralph Thomas
Synopsis: Comedy. Young but seasoned barrister Tony Stevens and crusading new female advocate Frances Pilbright share an office (and perhaps a mutual romantic interest). They are soon at loggerheards when they appear on opposite sides during a tricky court case about a woman, Gladys Pudney, who claims to be the wife of a man, Sid, who totally denies it. There is more to Gladys's claim than meets the eye, however.
Genres: Comedy, Legal and Courtroom drama
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8100 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v229 n3 6 Feb 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v29 n340 May 1962 Page: 69
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v29 n340 May 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8587 19 Mar 1962 Page: 4
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8587 19 Mar 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2842 22 Mar 1962 Page: 9
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2842 22 Mar 1962: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 86.37 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-06-09BFI identifier: C-995743
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-522846
Status: Viewing
Digital materials(2)
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 01:26:58 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-522845
Status: Master
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-522846
Status: Viewing
Video materials(3)
Description: D3Duration: 86.37 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-06-09BFI identifier: C-995726
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 86.37 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-06-09BFI identifier: C-995743
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 86.58 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-02BFI identifier: C-797669
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 30 April 1962 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ralph Thomas
Synopsis: Comedy. Young but seasoned barrister Tony Stevens and crusading new female advocate Frances Pilbright share an office (and perhaps a mutual romantic interest). They are soon at loggerheards when they appear on opposite sides during a tricky court case about a woman, Gladys Pudney, who claims to be the wife of a man, Sid, who totally denies it. There is more to Gladys's claim than meets the eye, however.
Genres: Comedy, Legal and Courtroom drama
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8100 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(24)
©/Production Company: The Rank Organisation Film Productions Ltd, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Producer: Betty E. Box, Production Manager: Charles Orme, Assistant Director: Anthony Waye, Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith, Screenplay: Nicholas Phipps, Based on the play "How Say You?" by: Harold Brooke, Kay Bannerman, Director of Photography: Ernest Steward, Camera Operator: H.A.R. Thomson, Editor: Alfred Roome, Art Director: Maurice Carter, Set Dresser: Patrick McLoughlin, Costume Designer: Yvonne Caffin, Make-up: George Blackler, Hairdressing: Stella Rivers, Music Composed and Conducted by: Norrie Paramor, Sound Recordist: Robert T. MacPhee, Gordon K. McCallum, [Boom Operator]: Harry Fairbairn, Sound Editor: Don Sharpe, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(21)
Michael Craig (Tony Stevens), Mary Peach (Frances Pilbright), Brenda De Banzie (Gladys Pudney), James Robertson Justice (Mr Justice Hadden), Roland Culver (Sir John Pilbright), Liz Fraser (Pearly Girl), Ron Moody (Sid Pudney), Jameson Clark (George Lockwood), Charles Heslop (Peebles), Bill Kerr (Victor), Nicholas Phipps (Peter Sutcliffe), Joan Sims (Beryl), John Standing (Hubert Shannon), Amanda Barrie (Golly), Judy Carne (Maude), Barbara Ferris (Gloria Lockwood), Myrtle Reed (barmaid), Terry Scott (court attendant), Graham Stark (police officer), Ronnie Stevens (house detective), Eric Portman ([retired marriage official])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Motion Picture Herald v229 n3 6 Feb 1963 Page: 745Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v229 n3 6 Feb 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v29 n340 May 1962 Page: 69
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v29 n340 May 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8587 19 Mar 1962 Page: 4
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8587 19 Mar 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2842 22 Mar 1962 Page: 9
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2842 22 Mar 1962: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 86.37 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-06-09BFI identifier: C-995743
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-522846
Status: Viewing
Digital materials(2)
Description: 50I - LTO5Duration: 01:26:58 minutesD10 - BFI identifier: N-522845
Status: Master
Description: MP4BFI identifier: N-522846
Status: Viewing
Video materials(3)
Description: D3Duration: 86.37 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-06-09BFI identifier: C-995726
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 86.37 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1998-06-09BFI identifier: C-995743
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 1-inch C-FormatDuration: 86.58 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1994-12-02BFI identifier: C-797669
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape