Cheroot-smoking Horace Rumpole, is a career trial lawyer at London's central court. Rumpole faces an open-and-shut case, which he plans to wrap up by noon. But once he discerns the telling secret of his teenage client, he smells victory and mounts a full-on defense.

Originally released as a television motion picture in 1975. Special features: "Lost episode" history; glossary of terms; filmographies.