The Law Lord

The Law Lord

1992 · 90 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

A new government takes power with a drastically reduced majority. But the ambitious young Home Secretary has a plan to bring the legal establishment to heel and bypass Parliament altogether. Anthony Andrews says of writer and barrister John Cooper (who wrote the ITV series The Advocates): "John is writing about a world he knows intimately. It is a most original and exciting screenplay and extremely prescient in view of the current controversies surrounding the judiciary." Producer Simon Passmore Director Jim Goddard

Directed by Jim Goddard · Written by John Cooper

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Anthony Andrews Christopher Edwardes
Bernard Hill Martin Allport
Tom Baker Sir Lionel Sweeting
John Rowe Sir Terence Calthorpe
Kate Lynn Evans Elizabeth Edwardes
T. P. McKenna Judge Selwyn
George Harris John Nixon
Tim Preece Professor Hamer
Roger Brierley Mr Justice Wellbeck
John Stratton Mr Justice Braxton
John Southworth Mr Justice Cranley
Richard Bebb Lord Chief Justice Hipwood

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