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Rumpole's Return

5.819801h 49mMovieCrimeDramaMystery

A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers.

DirectorJohn Glenister
WriterJohn Mortimer
ProducerJacqueline Davis

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Cast · Directed by John Glenister

LMLeo McKern
Leo McKern
Horace Rumpole
AWAlbert Welling
Albert Welling
Hubert Simpson
PBPeter Bowles
Peter Bowles
Guthrie Featherstone
PHPatricia Hodge
Patricia Hodge
Phyllida Erskine-Brown
JSJames Smith
James Smith
D.C. Jarwood
IGIan Gelder
Ian Gelder
Nick Rumpole
DFDeborah Fallender
Deborah Fallender
Erica Rumpole
MWMoray Watson
Moray Watson
George Frobisher
JCJonathan Coy
Jonathan Coy
Henry
DBDerek Benfield
Derek Benfield
Albert Handyside
RB
Roger Booth
Alderman Pertwee
TBT.R. Bowen
T.R. Bowen
Lord Freith

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Rumpole's Return — streaming FAQ

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Rumpole's Return hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 17, 1981. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.