John Mortimer
Author
Series
Rumpole of the Bailey volume 15
Formats
Description
His ire raised by a series of procedural abuses through which children have been imprisoned without trial for innocent activities, barrister Horace Rumpole defends a youth who has been targeted for playing on a posh street.
Author
Series
Rumpole of the Bailey volume 10
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
260 p. ; 24 cm.
Author
Series
Rumpole of the Bailey volume 12
Formats
Description
We last left Rumpole in his hospital bed after his sudden collapse in court. Now our hero finds himself in the Primrose Path nursing home . . . until suddenly he begin's to sense there's something wrong... -- from back of container.
Author
Series
Rumpole of the Bailey volume 14
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
183 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Curmudgeonly barrister Horace Rumpole struggles to defend a Pakistani doctor who has been falsely acused of aiding al Qaeda, an effort that is complicated by Rumpole's exacting wife's decision to record her life story.
Author
Series
Rumpole of the Bailey volume Related works
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xxi, 502 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
A treasury of fourteen favorite tales featuring the cigar-chomping, cheap-wine-tippling barrister husband of She Who Must Be Obeyed is complemented by an unfinished fragment of a new story.
Author
Series
Rumpole of the Bailey volume 5
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2014, ©1983
Physical Desc
8 CDs (9 hrs. 20 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this collection of stories, Rumpole continues to juggle the vagareis of the law, the ambiguities of crime, and the contradictions of the human heart. -- from back of container.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (738 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows the story of one man's life, from his humble beginnings to his rise to power, when a mysterious will leaves him a fortune. Includes Paradise Postponed and its sequel, Titmuss Regained. Includes biography of author John Mortimer and cast filmographies.
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini is a story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935. Luca is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best: his mother has run off and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with Mary, a English woman visiting Italy to soak up European culture. Mary and her friends...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A humorous and heartwarming portrait of beloved novelist John Mortimer's early years. After his highly eccentric lawyer father Clifford Mortimer is struck with blindness, John must deal with his father's decreasing ability to take care of himself.
10) In love and war
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A true story of courage, determination, and love in war-torn Italy. Eric Newby, a British lieutenant during WWII and a POW, escapes when Italy's fascist government collapses but must contend with German troops looking for him as he hides under the protection of an Italian family.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004], c1975
Physical Desc
1 DVD (61 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
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.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ann Lake goes to pick up her daughter, Bunny, at a London preschool but is told that they have no child registered by that name. The police can find no evidence that Bunny ever existed and wonder if the child was only a fantasy of Ann's.