| Genre: | legal drama |
| Director: | Ron Way |
| Starring: | Jill Forster |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Editor: | Ray Alchin |
| Runtime: | 50 mins |
| Network: | ABC |
| First Aired: | [1] |
The Lady and the Law: A Long Dark Afternoon is a 1972 Australian television play. It was made as the pilot for a series but aired as a stand-alone television play.[2]
Barrister Peta Mann defends Marion Hall, who has escaped from a lunatic asylum. She was committed by her uncle Mark Fulton.
The Sun Herald thought Forster was "unbelievable" as a barrister and was "bogged down by writing, casting and storyline."[3]