Rumpole of the Bailey - The Lost Episode
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Actor: David Yelland, Herbert Norville, Joyce Heron, Leo McKern, Noel WillmanBrand: Acorn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 65 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
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Summary: 4 Stars
This 'lost episode' of Rumpole of the Bailey is an interesting prelude to the familiar series that followed. Horace Rumpole has burst fully formed from the head of Justitia. Leo McKern's portrayal was a fully realized creation from the beginning.
If this Rumpole seems a bit 'off' at times it is because the characters around him had not jelled in to the well-known portrayals we are used to in this show. The wife in this episode is terrible, a real low-class shrew, unlike the endearingly gruff Peggy Thorpe-Bates and the hilarious Marion Mathies later on. Rumpole's son is on the scene as well in this early episode only his character is grumpy, judgmental and humorless.
The scenes down at the Old Bailey are best. The minor characters he interacts with there are the usual high standard of character actors playing the Judge, the prosecuting attorney, the bar maids, police etc. The script is good but not in the same league as the mainstay of the episodes over the next few years. A fine start to a glorious career for Rumpole.
The sound is slightly dim but it always was. People who have grown up with and are used to the blasting soundtracks in mega-complex theater barns probably will have a hard time hearing the words on this dvd. But then, they probably have trouble hearing just about anything that isn't wall vibratingly loud. The sound and the picture are vintage English television from the 1970s and are just fine.
Highly recommended for Rumpole lovers and appreciators of good television.
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