"Cracker" The Mad Woman in the Attic: Part 1 (1993)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Writer:

Jimmy McGovern (written and created by)

TV Series:

"Cracker" (1993)

Original Air Date:

27 September 1993 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Fitz takes home an amnesiac who is the prime suspect in the razor murders of young beautiful women on a train.

Plot Keywords:

Grieving | Chain Smoker | Dog Track | Torch Singer | Dragging Water For Body

Cast

Robbie Coltrane	...	Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald
Barbara Flynn	...	Judith Fitzgerald
Christopher Eccleston	...	DCI David Bilborough
Lorcan Cranitch	...	DS Jimmy Beck
Geraldine Somerville	...	DS Jane 'Panhandle' Penhaligon
Kieran O'Brien	...	Mark Fitzgerald
Adrian Dunbar	...	Thomas Kelly
Kika Markham	...	Ann Appleby
John Grillo	...	Simon Appleby
Rob Palmer	...	Horse Racing Commentary (voice)
Jeffrey Robert	...	Head of Psychology
Andy Devine	...	Guard on Train
Louise Downie	...	Jacqui Appleby
Ian Mercer	...	D.C. Giggs
Ron Meadows	...	Roberts

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15

Company:

Granada Television

Goofs:

Continuity: During Penhaligon's high speed driving segment, the rear view mirror is off the stem, then reappears.

Quotes:

Head of Psychology: [in a packed lecture theatre] OK everyone,
[audience begins to stop talking]
Head of Psychology: Dr. Fitzgerald is now ready to give us his lecture.
Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald: [Fitz approaches the lectern and puts on his glasses; total silence in lecture theatre; he picks up a book] Spinoza...
[Fitz throws the book into the audience and picks up another book]
Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald: ...Descartes...
[throws the book into the audience and picks up another book]
Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald: ...Hobbes...
[throws the book into the audience and picks up another book]
Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald: ...Locke...
[...]

Movie Connections:

References The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Soundtrack:

Summertime