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Director:
Gareth Davies
Writer:
P.D. James (novel)
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Release Date:
2 January 1995 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh has been on leave following the death on duty of a member of his team... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Nothing like the book! more (1 total)

Cast

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Roy Marsden ... Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Mairead Carty ... DS Sarah Hillier
Sean Scanlan ... Neil Casey

Robert Pugh ... DCI John Martin
Peter Tuddenham ... Priest
Donald Douglas ... Asst Commissioner Hart
Cal Macaninch ... Philip Tippett
Ann-Gisel Glass ... Estelle Challon
Frank Finlay ... Professor Etherege
Sian Thomas ... Dr. Saxon
Christopher Ravenscroft ... Dr. Robert Baguley
Jerome Flynn ... Peter Nagle
Biddy Hodson ... Jennifer Priddy
Craig Edwards ... D.C. Neilson
Suzanne Burden ... Sister Ambrose
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Additional Details

Runtime:
120 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

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Movie Connections:
Follows "The Black Tower" (1985) more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Nothing like the book!, 14 March 2002
Author: georgigems from United States

First I have to say that I am a big fan of ADAM DALGLIESH and think Roy Marsden is fabulous in the part. I read this book and loved it. The story begins with Adam at a cocktail party getting called away to investigate the brutal murder at a London Psychiatric Clinic which caters to upper class neurotics. The body of the admin officer is found with a chisel thru her heart. How Dalgliesh uncovers the motive for the killing and the wonderful cast of characters PD James created are all lost in this filmed version. The first thing that they did was change the location from the central area of London to some far remote location that Adam arrives to by helicopter.The characters are very weak and there is none of the suspense of the book. Who writes these screen plays anyway? (obviously they don't bother to read the book) and the ending is so far fetched. If I was PD James I would be very ticked that they made such a hash out of my work.

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