Starring: Roy Marsden , Pauline Collins
Directed by: Ronald Wilson
Produced by: John Rosenberg
Written by: P.D. James
Roy Marsden and Pauline Collins (Bleak House; Shirley Valentine; Upstairs, Downstairs) star in this spine-tingling mini-series.
Item Number: 14858
When an old friend asks Adam Dalgliesh to sniff out anonymous threats at a nursing home, the Scotland Yard Commander looks forward to the visit. But anticipated pleasure turns to nightmare when the friend dies. Gather clues as Dalgliesh penetrates Toynton Grange's peculiarly insular culture, looking for a pattern to bizarre murders and suspicious suicides. The only witness-a desolate and brooding tower-isn't talking. Roy Marsden and Pauline Collins (Bleak House; Shirley Valentine; Upstairs, Downstairs) star in this spine-tingling mini-series.
| Commander Adam Dalgliesh | --- | Roy Marsden |
| Maggie Hewson | --- | Pauline Collins |
| Wilfred Anstey | --- | Martin Jarvis |
| Father Michael Baddeley | --- | Maurice Denham |
| Grace Willison | --- | Rachel Kempson |
| Victor Holroyd | --- | Norman Eshley |
| Henry Carwardine | --- | John Franklyn-Robbins |
| Dot Moxon | --- | Carol Gillies |
| Dr. Eric Hewson | --- | Richard Heffer |
| Ursula Hollis | --- | Harriet Bagnall |
| Steve Hollis | --- | Andrew Hawkins |
| Jennie Pegram | --- | Valerie Whittington |
| Harriet | --- | Sheila Ruskin |
| Assistant Commissioner Parker | --- | Antony Carrick |
| Alice | --- | Valerie Holliman |
| Albert Philby | --- | Albie Woodington |
| Gunman | --- | John Benfield |
| Julius Court | --- | Art Malik |
| Helen Rainer | --- | Heather James |
| Dennis Lerner | --- | Martyn Hesford |
| Inspector Rouse | --- | David Webb |
| Millicent Hammitt | --- | Gillian Barge |
| Bob Loder | --- | Gawn Grainger |
| Mog | --- | Stephen Jenn |
| Sister Breagan | --- | Janis Winters |
| Sgt. Simon Varney | --- | Peter Bourke |
| Col. Ridgewell | --- | Allan Mitchell |
Written by P.D. James
Screenplay by William Humble
Directed by Ronald Wilson
Produced by John Rosenberg
Original Music by Richard Harvey
Film Editing by Kevin Waters
Costume Design by Joan Ellacott