Top Billed Cast

Robert Donat
Sir Robert Morton
Cedric Hardwicke
Arthur Winslow
Margaret Leighton
Catherine Winslow
Basil Radford
Desmond Curry
Kathleen Harrison
Violet
Francis L. Sullivan
Attorney General
Marie Lohr
Grace Winslow
Jack Watling
Dickie Winslow
Walter Fitzgerald
First Lord
Frank Lawton
John Watherstone
Neil North
Ronnie Winslow
Nicholas Hannen
Col. Watherstone
Mona Washbourne
Miss Barnes
Stanley Holloway
Comico
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wilkinson
Evelyn Roberts
Hamilton MP
W.A. Kelley
Brian O'Rourke
Edward Lexy
First Elderly Member
Vera Cook
Violet's friend
Hugh Dempster
Agricultural Member
Gordon McLeod
2nd. Elderly Member - Smoking Room
Ivan Samson
Captain Flower
Kynaston Reeves
Lord Chief Justice
Charles Groves
Clerk of the Court
Ernest Thesiger
Mr. Ridgeley Pierce
Cyril Ritchard
Himself
Lewis Casson
Adm. Springfield (uncredited)
Colin Gordon
Reporter Interviewing Dickie (uncredited)
Mary Hinton
Mrs. Elliott (uncredited)
David Horne
Bank Manager (uncredited)
Noel Howlett
Mr. Williams (uncredited)
Aubrey Mallalieu
Mr. Roberts (uncredited)
Dandy Nichols
Miss Hawkins (uncredited)
Philip Ray
First Speaking Member (uncredited)
Bill Shine
Fred (uncredited)
Frank Tickle
Mr. Gunn (uncredited)
Margaret Withers
Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)

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Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Sep 24 2022

This is a super ensemble "David and Goliath" style story. When young "Ronnie" returns home having been expelled from the Naval Academy, accused of forgery, his father is quickly convinced of the young man's integrity and innocence. This is not just a proud father's belligerence, but a determination on behalf of this upstanding and principled man "Arthur" (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) to see his son gets justice. To that end, he alights on the renowned barrister and parliamentarian "Sir Robert Morton" (Robert Donat) to raise the issue in Parliament - it was not possible to seek ordinary legal redress f...