Terence Rattigan's play adapted by he and producer Anatole de Grunwald is the first of our Robert Donat double bill in which he is excellent as a commanding barrister (the best scene is where he cross examines the boy, then announces he is "clearly innocent"); Cedric Hardwicke also great as the father. Defence of accused child against the Admiralty is a time-consuming and costly affair of money and the heart.
With Margaret Leighton, Kathleen Harrison, Basil Radford, Francis L Sullivan, Jack Watling (elder son) and - briefly - Stanley Holloway and Ernest Thesiger.
Feel it drags a bit in the parliamentary stuff.
Shot by Freddie Young, music by William Alwyn.
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