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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
	~~\| name = A Pair of Briefs~~
	\| image = APairOfBriefs1962Poster.jpg		\| image = APairOfBriefs1962Poster.jpg
	\| caption = Theatrical poster by [[~~w:Renato Fratini\|~~Renato Fratini]]		\| caption = Theatrical poster by [[Renato Fratini]]
	\| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]		\| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]
	\| producer = [[Betty Box\|Betty E. Box]] <br> [[~~w:Earl St. John\|~~Earl St. John]]		\| producer = [[Betty Box\|Betty E. Box]] <br> [[Earl St. John]]
	\| writer = [[~~w:Kay Bannerman\|~~Kay Bannerman]] (play)<br> [[~~w:Harold Brooke\|~~Harold Brooke]] (play) <br> [[~~w:Nicholas Phipps\|~~Nicholas Phipps]] (screenplay)		\| writer = [[Kay Bannerman]] (play)<br> [[Harold Brooke]] (play) <br> [[Nicholas Phipps]] (screenplay)
	\| screenplay =		\| screenplay =
	\| story =		\| story =
	\| based_on = <!-- {{based on\|title of the original work\|writer of the original work}} -->		\| based_on = <!-- {{based on\|title of the original work\|writer of the original work}} -->
	\| starring = Michael Craig <br> Mary Peach <br>Brenda De Banzie<br> James Robertson Justice		\| starring = Michael Craig <br> Mary Peach <br>Brenda De Banzie<br> James Robertson Justice
	\| music = [[w:Norrie Paramor\|Norrie Paramor]]		\| music = [[Norrie Paramor\|Norrie Paramor]]
	\| cinematography = [[w:Ernest Steward\|Ernest Steward]]		\| cinematography = [[Ernest Steward\|Ernest Steward]]
	\| editing = [[w:Alfred Roome\|Alfred Roome]]		\| editing = [[Alfred Roome\|Alfred Roome]]
	\| studio =		\| studio =
	\| distributor = [[w:J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors\|J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors]]		\| distributor = [[J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors\|J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors]]
	\| released = {{film date\|df=yes\|1962\|3\|\|}}		\| released = {{film date\|df=yes\|1962\|3\|\|}}
	\| runtime = 90 minutes		\| runtime = 90 minutes
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	'''''A Pair of Briefs''''' is a 1962 British legal [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Michael Craig (actor)\|Michael Craig]], [[Mary Peach]], [[Brenda De Banzie]] and [[James Robertson Justice]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b280548\|title=A Pair of Briefs (1962)\|website=BFI}}</ref> The screenplay concerns a newly qualified female [[w:barrister\|barrister]] who clashes with a male colleague when they represent opposite sides in a matrimonial dispute.		'''''A Pair of Briefs''''' is a 1962 British legal [[comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Michael Craig (actor)\|Michael Craig]], [[Mary Peach]], [[Brenda De Banzie]] and [[James Robertson Justice]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b280548\|title=A Pair of Briefs (1962)\|website=BFI}}</ref> The screenplay concerns a newly qualified female [[barrister\|barrister]] who clashes with a male colleague when they represent opposite sides in a matrimonial dispute.

	The title is a [[w:double entendre\|double entendre]], referring both to the documents setting out the case a barrister argues in court, and also to an item of underwear. The film title and opening credits are shown over a scene of the female barrister in her underwear as she dresses for the office, and the publicity poster illustrates this.		The title is a [[double entendre\|double entendre]], referring both to the documents setting out the case a barrister argues in court, and also to an item of underwear. The film title and opening credits are shown over a scene of the female barrister in her underwear as she dresses for the office, and the publicity poster illustrates this.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	The "[[w:Brief (law)\|Brief]]" of the title refers to the document which a [[w:solicitor\|solicitor]] in the UK court system writes to instruct a [[w:barrister\|barrister]] who will present their client's case in court. Barrister Tony Stevens, as a junior, bemoans the fact that he receives nothing but routine briefs concerning sewers, with small fees. So when a high-paying brief concerning a writ for "restitution of conjugal rights" is given to newly arrived Frances Pilbright (who just happens to be the niece of a senior barrister in the [[w:barristers' chambers\|chambers]] and god-daughter of the instructing solicitor), Stevens is outraged, and, by devious means, obtains the brief for the opposite side in the case. Pilbright works fiercely for her client, a woman whose marriage was disrupted by [[w:World War II\|World War II]], with the registration office and its record of the marriage destroyed by bombing. The woman claims that another bombing raid caused her to lose her memory and she moved to another part of the country, and has only recently recovered her memory and the knowledge that she was married. Stevens advocates for the other side, the man whom she claims is her husband but who denies that they were ever married. The two barristers squabble in their offices and in court.		The "[[Brief (law)\|Brief]]" of the title refers to the document which a [[solicitor\|solicitor]] in the UK court system writes to instruct a [[barrister\|barrister]] who will present their client's case in court. Barrister Tony Stevens, as a junior, bemoans the fact that he receives nothing but routine briefs concerning sewers, with small fees. So when a high-paying brief concerning a writ for "restitution of conjugal rights" is given to newly arrived Frances Pilbright (who just happens to be the niece of a senior barrister in the [[barristers' chambers\|chambers]] and god-daughter of the instructing solicitor), Stevens is outraged, and, by devious means, obtains the brief for the opposite side in the case. Pilbright works fiercely for her client, a woman whose marriage was disrupted by [[World War II\|World War II]], with the registration office and its record of the marriage destroyed by bombing. The woman claims that another bombing raid caused her to lose her memory and she moved to another part of the country, and has only recently recovered her memory and the knowledge that she was married. Stevens advocates for the other side, the man whom she claims is her husband but who denies that they were ever married. The two barristers squabble in their offices and in court.

	Pilbright, about to lose the case, makes a furious declaration in which she declares "the Law is an Ass!".<ref>A quote from ''[[w:Oliver Twist\|]]'' by [[w:Charles Dickens\|]]</ref> Stevens, seeing how upset she is, joins her in this, but in their zeal, they offend the presiding judge, Mr Justice Haddon, who tells them that he intends to have them severely disciplined.		Pilbright, about to lose the case, makes a furious declaration in which she declares "the Law is an Ass!".<ref>A quote from ''[[Oliver Twist\|]]'' by [[Charles Dickens\|]]</ref> Stevens, seeing how upset she is, joins her in this, but in their zeal, they offend the presiding judge, Mr Justice Haddon, who tells them that he intends to have them severely disciplined.

	Outside the court, Stevens overhears an exchange between the two parties to the case and discovers that they really were married, but in the intervening years the woman had married another man who has become very wealthy, and she brought the case with the intention that it should fail and "prove" that she had not married previously, so as to prevent her being charged with bigamy and to remove any possibility that her previous husband could make a claim against her newfound wealth. The two barristers are both annoyed to know that their clients deceived them, but they realize that they are in love.		Outside the court, Stevens overhears an exchange between the two parties to the case and discovers that they really were married, but in the intervening years the woman had married another man who has become very wealthy, and she brought the case with the intention that it should fail and "prove" that she had not married previously, so as to prevent her being charged with bigamy and to remove any possibility that her previous husband could make a claim against her newfound wealth. The two barristers are both annoyed to know that their clients deceived them, but they realize that they are in love.

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	\| caption = Theatrical poster by [[w:Renato Fratini\|Renato Fratini]]		\| caption = Theatrical poster by [[w:Renato Fratini\|Renato Fratini]]
	\| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]		\| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]
	\| producer = [[Betty E. Box]] <br> [[Earl St. John]]		\| producer = [[Betty Box\|Betty E. Box]] <br> [[w:Earl St. John\|Earl St. John]]
	\| writer = [[w:Kay Bannerman\|Kay Bannerman]] (play)<br> [[w:Harold Brooke\|Harold Brooke]] (play) <br> [[w:Nicholas Phipps\|Nicholas Phipps]] (screenplay)		\| writer = [[w:Kay Bannerman\|Kay Bannerman]] (play)<br> [[w:Harold Brooke\|Harold Brooke]] (play) <br> [[w:Nicholas Phipps\|Nicholas Phipps]] (screenplay)
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	\| name = A Pair of Briefs		\| name = A Pair of Briefs
	\| image = APairOfBriefs1962Poster.jpg		\| image = APairOfBriefs1962Poster.jpg
	\| caption = Theatrical poster by [[Renato Fratini]]		\| caption = Theatrical poster by [[w:Renato Fratini\|Renato Fratini]]
	\| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]		\| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]
	\| producer = [[Betty E. Box]] <br> [[Earl St. John]]		\| producer = [[Betty E. Box]] <br> [[Earl St. John]]
	\| writer = [[Kay Bannerman]] (play)<br> [[Harold Brooke]] (play) <br> [[Nicholas Phipps]] (screenplay)		\| writer = [[w:Kay Bannerman\|Kay Bannerman]] (play)<br> [[w:Harold Brooke\|Harold Brooke]] (play) <br> [[w:Nicholas Phipps\|Nicholas Phipps]] (screenplay)
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	\| story =		\| story =
	\| based_on = <!-- {{based on\|title of the original work\|writer of the original work}} -->		\| based_on = <!-- {{based on\|title of the original work\|writer of the original work}} -->
	\| starring = Michael Craig <br> Mary Peach <br>Brenda De Banzie<br> James Robertson Justice		\| starring = Michael Craig <br> Mary Peach <br>Brenda De Banzie<br> James Robertson Justice
	\| music = [[Norrie Paramor]]		\| music = [[w:Norrie Paramor\|Norrie Paramor]]
	\| cinematography = [[Ernest Steward]]		\| cinematography = [[w:Ernest Steward\|Ernest Steward]]
	\| editing = [[Alfred Roome]]		\| editing = [[w:Alfred Roome\|Alfred Roome]]
	\| studio =		\| studio =
	\| distributor = [[w:J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors\|J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors]]		\| distributor = [[w:J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors\|J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors]]

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	\| distributor = [[J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors]]		\| distributor = [[w:J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors\|J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors]]
	\| released = {{film date\|df=yes\|1962\|3\|\|}}		\| released = {{film date\|df=yes\|1962\|3\|\|}}
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	'''''A Pair of Briefs''''' is a 1962 British legal [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Michael Craig (actor)\|Michael Craig]], [[Mary Peach]], [[Brenda De Banzie]] and [[James Robertson Justice]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b280548\|title=A Pair of Briefs (1962)\|website=BFI}}</ref> The screenplay concerns a newly qualified female [[barrister]] who clashes with a male colleague when they represent opposite sides in a matrimonial dispute.		'''''A Pair of Briefs''''' is a 1962 British legal [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Michael Craig (actor)\|Michael Craig]], [[Mary Peach]], [[Brenda De Banzie]] and [[James Robertson Justice]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b280548\|title=A Pair of Briefs (1962)\|website=BFI}}</ref> The screenplay concerns a newly qualified female [[w:barrister\|barrister]] who clashes with a male colleague when they represent opposite sides in a matrimonial dispute.

	The title is a [[double entendre]], referring both to the documents setting out the case a barrister argues in court, and also to an item of underwear. The film title and opening credits are shown over a scene of the female barrister in her underwear as she dresses for the office, and the publicity poster illustrates this.		The title is a [[w:double entendre\|double entendre]], referring both to the documents setting out the case a barrister argues in court, and also to an item of underwear. The film title and opening credits are shown over a scene of the female barrister in her underwear as she dresses for the office, and the publicity poster illustrates this.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	The "[[Brief (law)\|Brief]]" of the title refers to the document which a [[solicitor]] in the UK court system writes to instruct a [[barrister]] who will present their client's case in court. Barrister Tony Stevens, as a junior, bemoans the fact that he receives nothing but routine briefs concerning sewers, with small fees. So when a high-paying brief concerning a writ for "restitution of conjugal rights" is given to newly arrived Frances Pilbright (who just happens to be the niece of a senior barrister in the [[barristers' chambers\|chambers]] and god-daughter of the instructing solicitor), Stevens is outraged, and, by devious means, obtains the brief for the opposite side in the case. Pilbright works fiercely for her client, a woman whose marriage was disrupted by [[World War II]], with the registration office and its record of the marriage destroyed by bombing. The woman claims that another bombing raid caused her to lose her memory and she moved to another part of the country, and has only recently recovered her memory and the knowledge that she was married. Stevens advocates for the other side, the man whom she claims is her husband but who denies that they were ever married. The two barristers squabble in their offices and in court.		The "[[w:Brief (law)\|Brief]]" of the title refers to the document which a [[w:solicitor\|solicitor]] in the UK court system writes to instruct a [[w:barrister\|barrister]] who will present their client's case in court. Barrister Tony Stevens, as a junior, bemoans the fact that he receives nothing but routine briefs concerning sewers, with small fees. So when a high-paying brief concerning a writ for "restitution of conjugal rights" is given to newly arrived Frances Pilbright (who just happens to be the niece of a senior barrister in the [[w:barristers' chambers\|chambers]] and god-daughter of the instructing solicitor), Stevens is outraged, and, by devious means, obtains the brief for the opposite side in the case. Pilbright works fiercely for her client, a woman whose marriage was disrupted by [[w:World War II\|World War II]], with the registration office and its record of the marriage destroyed by bombing. The woman claims that another bombing raid caused her to lose her memory and she moved to another part of the country, and has only recently recovered her memory and the knowledge that she was married. Stevens advocates for the other side, the man whom she claims is her husband but who denies that they were ever married. The two barristers squabble in their offices and in court.

	Pilbright, about to lose the case, makes a furious declaration in which she declares "the Law is an Ass!".<ref>A quote from ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]</ref> Stevens, seeing how upset she is, joins her in this, but in their zeal, they offend the presiding judge, Mr Justice Haddon, who tells them that he intends to have them severely disciplined.		Pilbright, about to lose the case, makes a furious declaration in which she declares "the Law is an Ass!".<ref>A quote from ''[[w:Oliver Twist\|]]'' by [[w:Charles Dickens\|]]</ref> Stevens, seeing how upset she is, joins her in this, but in their zeal, they offend the presiding judge, Mr Justice Haddon, who tells them that he intends to have them severely disciplined.

	Outside the court, Stevens overhears an exchange between the two parties to the case and discovers that they really were married, but in the intervening years the woman had married another man who has become very wealthy, and she brought the case with the intention that it should fail and "prove" that she had not married previously, so as to prevent her being charged with bigamy and to remove any possibility that her previous husband could make a claim against her newfound wealth. The two barristers are both annoyed to know that their clients deceived them, but they realize that they are in love.		Outside the court, Stevens overhears an exchange between the two parties to the case and discovers that they really were married, but in the intervening years the woman had married another man who has become very wealthy, and she brought the case with the intention that it should fail and "prove" that she had not married previously, so as to prevent her being charged with bigamy and to remove any possibility that her previous husband could make a claim against her newfound wealth. The two barristers are both annoyed to know that their clients deceived them, but they realize that they are in love.

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{{Infobox film
| name = A Pair of Briefs
| image = APairOfBriefs1962Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster by [[Renato Fratini]]
| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]
| producer = [[Betty E. Box]] [[Earl St. John]]
| writer = [[Kay Bannerman]] (play) [[Harold Brooke]] (play) [[Nicholas Phipps]] (screenplay)
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| starring = Michael Craig Mary Peach Brenda De Banzie James Robertson Justice
| music = [[Norrie Paramor]]
| cinematography = [[Ernest Steward]]
| editing = [[Alfred Roome]]
| studio =
| distributor = [[J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1962|3||}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''A Pair of Briefs''''' is a 1962 British legal [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]], [[Mary Peach]], [[Brenda De Banzie]] and [[James Robertson Justice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b280548|title=A Pair of Briefs (1962)|website=BFI}}</ref> The screenplay concerns a newly qualified female [[barrister]] who clashes with a male colleague when they represent opposite sides in a matrimonial dispute.

The title is a [[double entendre]], referring both to the documents setting out the case a barrister argues in court, and also to an item of underwear. The film title and opening credits are shown over a scene of the female barrister in her underwear as she dresses for the office, and the publicity poster illustrates this.

==Plot==
The "[[Brief (law)|Brief]]" of the title refers to the document which a [[solicitor]] in the UK court system writes to instruct a [[barrister]] who will present their client's case in court. Barrister Tony Stevens, as a junior, bemoans the fact that he receives nothing but routine briefs concerning sewers, with small fees. So when a high-paying brief concerning a writ for "restitution of conjugal rights" is given to newly arrived Frances Pilbright (who just happens to be the niece of a senior barrister in the [[barristers' chambers|chambers]] and god-daughter of the instructing solicitor), Stevens is outraged, and, by devious means, obtains the brief for the opposite side in the case. Pilbright works fiercely for her client, a woman whose marriage was disrupted by [[World War II]], with the registration office and its record of the marriage destroyed by bombing. The woman claims that another bombing raid caused her to lose her memory and she moved to another part of the country, and has only recently recovered her memory and the knowledge that she was married. Stevens advocates for the other side, the man whom she claims is her husband but who denies that they were ever married. The two barristers squabble in their offices and in court.

Pilbright, about to lose the case, makes a furious declaration in which she declares "the Law is an Ass!".<ref>A quote from ''[[Oliver Twist]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]</ref> Stevens, seeing how upset she is, joins her in this, but in their zeal, they offend the presiding judge, Mr Justice Haddon, who tells them that he intends to have them severely disciplined.

Outside the court, Stevens overhears an exchange between the two parties to the case and discovers that they really were married, but in the intervening years the woman had married another man who has become very wealthy, and she brought the case with the intention that it should fail and "prove" that she had not married previously, so as to prevent her being charged with bigamy and to remove any possibility that her previous husband could make a claim against her newfound wealth. The two barristers are both annoyed to know that their clients deceived them, but they realize that they are in love.

==Cast==
* [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]] as Tony Stevens
* [[Mary Peach]] as Frances Pilbright
* [[Brenda De Banzie]] as Gladys Worthing
* [[James Robertson Justice]] as Mr. Justice Haddon
* [[Roland Culver]] as Sir John Pilbright
* [[Liz Fraser]] as Gloria Hoskins
* [[Ron Moody]] as Sidney Pudney
* [[Jameson Clark]] as George Lockwood
* [[Charles Heslop]] as Peebles
* [[Bill Kerr]] as Victor (club owner)
* [[Nicholas Phipps]] as Sutcliffe
* [[Joan Sims]] as Gale Tornado
* [[John Standing]] as Hubert Shannon
* [[Amanda Barrie]] as Exotic dancer (snake)
* [[Judy Carne]] as Exotic dancer (maid)
* [[Barbara Ferris]] as Gloria Lockwood
* Myrtle Reed as Barmaid
* [[Terry Scott]] as Policeman at law courts
* [[Graham Stark]] as Police witness
* [[Ronnie Stevens (actor)|Ronnie Stevens]] as Hotel under-manager

==Production==
It was Michael Craig's fifth film for Box and Thomas and the last movie he did under his contract with Rank. He called it "a dismal comedy" in which he and Mary Peach "did our best but the material was pretty thin and in spite of some extraordinary overacting by Ron Moody... and Brenda de Banzie, there weren't many laughs."<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Craig|pages=97–98|title=The Smallest Giant: An Actor's Life|publisher=Allen and Unwin|year=2005}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0056325}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160807191058/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/A-Pair-of-Briefs_1962 ''A Pair of Briefs''] at Britmovie
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