A Pair of Briefs (1962)

Directed by

Ralph Thomas

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A new female barrister argues cases in court while butting heads with a male colleague. They represent opposite sides in a messy divorce case.

lightheartedplayfulwittybanteringbriskcheekyamusing

What happens

A Pair of Briefs is a 1962 black and white British courtroom comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Michael Craig, Mary Peach, Brenda De Banzie and James Robertson Justice. The screenplay was written by Nicholas Phipps based on the 1960 play How Say You? by Harold Brooke and Kay Bannerman. A newly qualified female barrister clashes with a male colleague when they represent opposite sides in a matrimonial dispute. Filmink called it "a sort of British Adam's Rib." 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 "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. The term can also be applied to the person presenting the brief. The intended double meaning is that a "pair of briefs" also is the usual term for a pair of female underpants. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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