Reviews were middling, but the film picked up a couple of Oscar nominations (including one for Holly Hunter, who had less than six minutes of screen time), and was a roaring success at the box office.

It also has spawned seven films featuring A-list actors across nearly a century: Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet ...

A SOLICITOR who practised for 60 years in Bournemouth, was described as 'a wonderfully eloquent advocate' and likened to Perry Mason has died at the age of 84.