Episode #1.6

1985TV Episode

CrimeDramaMystery

⭐ 7.5

IMDB Rating

27 votes

Martha's venom spills out, and she admits having put sleeping pills in Sally's cocoa. A surprise arrives from Venezuela, and the two murderers of Dalgleish's two cases are brought to justice.

Director

John Davies

Writers

P.D. James, Robin Chapman

Stars

Roy Marsden, Phyllis Calvert, Bill Fraser

Release Date

March 24, 1985

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Roy Marsden

as Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh

Phyllis Calvert

as Eleanor Maxie

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Bill Fraser

as Sir Reynold Price

Julian Glover

as Felix Hurst

Mel Martin

as Deborah Riscoe

Rupert Frazer

as Stephen Maxie

Clare Higgins

as Catherine Bowers

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John Vine

as Inspector John Massingham

Jean Heywood

as Martha

Struan Rodger

as James Ritchie

🎬 Technical Specs

Production

Anglia Television

🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

A satisfying conclusion.

by Sleepin_Dragon • 2020-11-16

8/10

"A confident Adam finally confronts the killer. It's been an up and down mystery, at times it's felt like a bit of a slog, the pacing has been questionable, but from Part four onwards, we really did have a mystery on our hands. This was very good, a very satisfying conclusion, I liked the attention to detail, and found the acting very good from the main players, Phyllis Calvert and Julian Glover were both very, very good. We get more pieces to the jigsaw here, they made us wait some time to learn many secrets. We finally learn more about Sally. Good on you if you can can guess who..."

📖 Synopsis

Martha's venom spills out, and she admits having put sleeping pills in Sally's cocoa. A surprise arrives from Venezuela, and the two murderers of Dalgleish's two cases are brought to justice.