The Moonstone
When the fabulous Moonstone diamond is stolen, all the suspects appear to have alibis. Even the young girl who owns the diamond won't say whom she saw took it. A dear family friend calls in the famous Sergeant Cuff to solve the ca...
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"The Moonstone was of course a landmark Victorian novel it being the first detective novel. There is much to enjoy here, the scenery and settings are great, the photography and music excellent. The principal actors, Greg Wise and Keeley Hawes, are fine, playing it straight and acting their way through the twists and turns of the often ridiculous plot with great sincerity. I wasn't too keen on Anthony Sher's Inspector Cuff I found it too stagy and mannered and some of the minor characters are over blown but all in all it's a good production. Lots of fun if taken in the right spi..."
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The role of Lady Verinder - here played by Patricia Hodge - had been played by Kathleen Byron in The Moonstone (1972) and would be played by Sophie Ward in The Moonstone (2016). Hodge had been Bryon's castmates in The Elephant Man (1980) and had co-starred with Ward in Patricia Hodge. Byron had also co-starred in Portrait of a Marriage (1990), which was created by Hodge.
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When the fabulous Moonstone diamond is stolen, all the suspects appear to have alibis. Even the young girl who owns the diamond won't say whom she saw took it. A dear family friend calls in the famous Sergeant Cuff to solve the ca...