John Mortimer Movies

Attractive Julia Swinton is a middle-aged woman. Her life went normally and without big occurrences. But through the unexplained death of a familiar...

This adaptation of Laurie Lee's autobiographical novel follows a young man's maturation in the country town of Gloucestershire near the end of World...

A young female designer is on the brink of an affair with a married male executive at the company where she works. The film tells the story of their...

Helen Lester is in love with a man she has known just 24 hours, a playboy who spent time in jail for passing bad checks. Though the man has promised...

Film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's debut novel, 'Mary'.

This play is about a couple trying to overcome the problems in making a successfull clandestine assignation. It was one of a series of playlets by...

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...

The documentary uses Graham Greene's own words from his books and recordings, as well as photographs and clips from his many films, to reveal the...

The true story of Unity Mitford who in the 1930s went to live in Germany and was friends with Adolf Hitler.

A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals...

An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers.

A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.

A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservative member of parliament. Adaptation of the novel...

These dueling one-act comedies highlight the work of playwright John Mortimer. In "The Dock Brief," an ill-prepared attorney is put to the test when...

A young salesman from Trinidad tries to sell a complete set of encyclopedia to Sally Louth, a housewife living on the Chelsea-Fulham border in London.

German adaptation of The Dock Brief