S1·E5 – Rumpole and the Learned Friends
1978-05-01 • 60 min
Guthrie Featherstone, with Rumpole as his junior, defends a safe-cracker who claims to have been framed by the notorious Inspector ""Dirty"" Dickerson. Rumpole risks his reputation by attacking police corruption before a police-friendly judge - and as a result he finds himself called to a disciplinary hearing. There is even the possibility that Rumpole may be forced to retire, but he digs his toes in.
Cast

Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole

Bill Fraser
Judge Roger 'The Mad Bull' Bullingham

Patricia Hodge
Phyllida Trant
Julian Curry
Claude Erskine-Brown

Richard Murdoch
Uncle Tom

Jonathan Coy
Henry

Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Hilda Rumpole

Phyllida Law

Peter Bowles
Guthrie Featherstone

Joanna Van Gyseghem
Marigold Featherstone

Moray Watson
George Frobisher

Edward de Souza
Mr Bernard