ianvanarkadie

I would have been interested in seeing the famous incident when Herman Goering outmanoeuvred the American prosecutor and the Brit lawyer, Sir David Maxwell-Fyffe, took over. His dogged and unrelenting cross examination of Goering is widely regarded as one of the most skilful ever seen in a court of law.... I don't recall this being depicted.

An excellent premise with a range of interesting interwoven subplots. Well acted. A couple of gaffes though: (1) the secretary is abducted by her boss and his cronies (who murder her) and driven away in front of the Police inspector (Douglas Henshall) who simply stands there with a bewildered look in his face.... Never heard of radio or mobile phones? In real life the police would've stopped that car within minutes.... (2) the duplicitous whistle-blower begs the police inspector to help him as his life is in danger. The inspector (poor old Henshall again) refuses. A serious disciplinary offence. For a police officer to ignore a cry for help from someone known to be in mortal danger would cost him not just his job, but probably his liberty as well....