Shadow of the Noose(1989)
series - first aired/released 1989-02-28 - audience 9.0
Drama
Directed by Matthew Robinson, Sebastian Graham Jones
A look at the real cases and personal demons of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, Edwardian London's most celebrated barrister. Presiding over trials that made headlines and drew large crowds to the public gallery, the Old Bailey defence counsel was Britain's first legal celebrity. A champion of justice for all, Marshall Hall earns a reputation as The Great Defender as he pleads the innocence of clients other lawyers refuse to represent.
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Cast
Jonathan HydeSir Edward Marshall Hall
Michael FeastEdgar Bowker
Terence TaplinArthur Newton- Leslee UdwinHenriette Kroeger, Henriette Marshall Hall
- Trevor RayHarry Bishop
Julian FirthWellesley Orr
Richard MooreSir Charles Mathews
Gary FilesMr Justice Wills- Phil McCallJackson
- Victoria FairbrotherMarie Hermann
- Michael MeliaHenry Stephens
Godfrey JamesCharles Stephens
Emma DaviesLouise Hutchins- Anthony LangdonArthur
Kathi LeitnerIlse Hermann- James CurranDr Taylor
Pauline MunroMrs Forrest- Jean ReeveMrs Bricknell
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- John MelaineySgt Kane
Amanda WalkerMrs Hutchins
Siân PhillipsLady Scott
John BirdMr Justice Hawkins- Chris LangLord Russell
- Amanda ElwesLady Mabel
Ivor RobertsSir Frank Lockwood, K.C.
Patrick GodfreyLawson Walton, K.C.- William KeyCockerton
Amerjit DeuKast- Tim BarronAylott
- Marjorie BlandAda
- Peter MantleLord Burnham
- Charmaine ParsonsLady Burnham
- Noreen LeightonDuchess
John LeesonDickinson- Phillada SewellLady Cardigan
Irina BrookEthel Marshall Hall
David RintoulCaptain James Fairbrother- Mary ConlonLady Frances Fairbrother
Tim McInnernyLieutenant de Ponthieu- Natalie ForbesAnnie Dyer
- Illona LinthwaiteMrs Grandt
- Peter MajerLaermann
- Nicholas CoppinM.R. Wilkinson, K.C.
- Christopher BurgessInspector Upfold
- Amanda RichardsonMrs Flood
Vincent RiottaHerbert Bennett
Caroline QuentinMary Bennett
Gawn GraingerCharles Gill
Tony DoyleThorn Drury
John MiddletonElvey Robb
Morris PerryLord Alverstone
Derek NewarkVan der Hogh- Peter van DisselVoegel
Kevin O'SheaHuit- Claire JacobsAlice Meadows
- Roger SwaineConyers
- Ellie SteinerPolly Rudrum
David BradleyEdward Lawrence
Julie NeubertMrs Lawrence
Nicola DuffettRuth Hadley- Tracy Jane WhiteEdie Marsh
- Ron DaviesSir Charles Cockerill
Brian MillerInsp Jack Hill
Roger MilnerMr Justice Jelf- Leonard GregoryF.W. Sherwood, K.C.
Roger Ashton-GriffithsWilliam Thompson- Alan PartingtonDr MacDonald
- Bernard TaylorDr Powell
- Hugh DicksonDr Galbraith
David SchofieldAlfred Harmsworth
Sian ThomasHettie Chattell
Alan MacNaughtanLord Justice Mathew- Philip FranksMontague Lush
- Stephen BatemanMaster of the Rolls
- Alan HayLord Justice Stirling
David NealSir Edward Clarke
Michael LeesThomas Marlowe- Patrick FieldThomas Knowles
- Bev WillisHarry Cooper
- Siobhan NicholasPhyllis Blew
- Georgina CoombsMary Harmsworth
- Andrew WheatonRufus Isaacs
Peter CapaldiRobert Wood
Robert JamesWilliam Wood
Adrian HoughCharles Wood- Melanie JessopRuby Young
David GrahamMr Justice Grantham- Patrick MoncktonWilliam Moss
Timothy KightleyInsp Neill- Jonathan StrattSgt Grosse
- David FoxxePercival Roberts
- Leon SilverRobert McCowan
Frank BakerLambert
Phil RoseHoratio Bottomley
David HattonDr Crippen- Sam HowardHans Thorsch
- Nicholas GoldwynBerkley Bennett
Leon LissekCount Festetics
Pauline MoranRuby Ray
Seasons
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