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13 January 1994 (USA)
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Commander Dalgleish of Scotland Yard investigates the apparent murder of a well-known author who is...
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Detective
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Murder
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Severed Hand
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1 nomination
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Does Anybody Bother to Read the Book!!!
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(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Roy Marsden | ... | Commander Adam Dalgliesh |
 | Simon Chandler | ... | Digby Seton |
| Kenneth Colley | ... | Inspector Gerry Reckless |
| Mel Martin | ... | Deborah Riscoe |
 | Bill Nighy | ... | Oliver Latham |
| James Cossins | ... | Justin Bryce |
 | Nicholas Jones | ... | Luker |
 | Anne Lambton | ... | Sylvia Kedge |
| Marjie Lawrence | ... | Celia Calthrop |
| Roger Alborough | ... | Superintendent Maitland |
| Arthur Blake | ... | Maurice Seton |
| Lucy Briers | ... | Liz Marley |
| David Conville | ... | Max Gurney |
| Erin Geraghty | ... | TV Presenter |
| Oliver Haden | ... | Charles Beech |
| Edward Peel | ... | DCS Charlie Breen |
| Rosemary Williams | ... | Writer on TV |
 | Jerome Willis | ... | Pathologist |
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| John Davies | |||
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| Peter Buckman | ||
| P.D. James | novel | |
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| Hilary Bevan Jones | .... | producer | |
| David Fitzgerald | .... | executive producer | |
| Brenda Reid | .... | executive producer | |
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| Richard Harvey | |||
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| Richard Crafter | |||
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| Keith Judge | |||
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| Celia Peart | |||
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| Spencer Chapman | |||
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| Reg Samuel | |||
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| Penny Hunt | .... | makeup artist | |
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| John Asman | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Richard Collins | .... | dubbing editor | |
| Allan Haynes | .... | sound recordist | |
| Roy Perkins | .... | dubbing editor | |
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| Gerry Crampton | .... | stunt coordinator | |
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- Independent Television (ITV)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1994) (USA) (TV)
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The last acting role of James Cossins.See more »
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Followed by "Original Sin" (1997)See more »
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Once again, like "A Mind to Murder", the writers chose to bypass PD James and make up their own version of the story. In the book, a famous mystery writer is found dead in the bottom of a dinghy on the Suffolk coast with both of his hands chopped off. Adam is on holiday there visiting his Aunt Jane and having to make a decision about his relationship with Deborah Riscoe. He gets involved simply as a spectator because his aunt is one of the suspects. He and the investigating officer , aptly called Inspector Reckless, don't like each other right off and even with the same clues, AD is able to figure out the murder method and the Inspector is not. His only reference to Deborah Riscoe in the book is a letter (and poem) he writes her but never mails and then he receives one from her. The movie version has totally done away with the Aunt, brought Deborah to the country and visiting Adam while he is on the case, getting attacked by the murder suspect and finally coming to her decision about the two of them with her boss. It has lost all the momentum of the novel but did retain the storm scene where Adam is almost killed/drowned..
Now, I am not suggesting you shouldn't watch this story, on the contrary, Roy Marsden is , as always, a class act as Dalgliesh. Just don't expect the same level of suspense as the book. Do the screenwriters ever read the book first or do they make up stuff as they go along?