Product Details

• Actors: Edward de Souza, Peter Whitaker, Bill Fraser, Derek Benfield
• Directors: Mike Vardy, Robert Knights, Stuart Burge, Bill Hays, Brian Farnham
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 2, 1997
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6302701317
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #562,596 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Part Lawyer, part detective, Rumpole's brilliant mind and sly sense of humor have solved many a case and delighted families across America for over ten years. Volume 5: "Rumpole and the Female of the Species" and "Rumpole and the Official Secret".

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My applause for Rumpole., October 22, 1999

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This review is from: Rumpole of the Bailey Vol 5 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Leo McKern star as a British barrister named Horace Rumpole. Somehow, John Mortimer (the author of the Rumpole stories) masterfully combines drama, humor, mystery and social commentary in a fascinating way that has now been carried over into the visual medium.

From the box:

Episode 9. Rumpole and the Female of the Species - Rumpole finds himself playing two roles at the same time: defending a small time thief charged with armed robbery in court while orchestrating a promotion behind the scenes for a young female barrister who thinks she's being discriminated against.

Episode 10. Rumpole and the Official Secret - Rumpole discovers that things aren't always what they seem as he defends an eccentric Defense Ministry clerk accused of leaking secrets to the press and confronts his own wife about a visitor who may or may not be part of a terrorist organization.