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Term Of Trial

1962, Movie, NR, 130 mins

Term Of Trial: Review

Olivier proves that there is one thing he cannot do by playing a wimp in this contrived drama. Olivier is a spineless schoolteacher working at a difficult institution. He has been sent there because he is a pacifist, and his reward is assignment at the toughest facility his superiors can find. Olivier likes to think of himself as a man of principles, but those principles have only resulted in scorn and disdain, mostly from his wife, Signoret, who taunts him unmercifully. The... read more leave a comment