The Eye of Apollo (17 Oct. 1974)

After an heiress makes her will out to the leader of a bogus religious cult and mysteriously falls to her death, Brown finds that he is the charlatan's alibi.

Director:

Peter Jefferies

Writers:

G.K. Chesterton (story), Hugh Leonard (adaptation)

Stars:

Kenneth More, Dennis Burgess, Ronald Pickup

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Kenneth More	...	Father Brown
Dennis Burgess	...	Hercule Flambeau
Ronald Pickup	...	Kalon
Alison Key	...	Pauline Stacey
Emily Richard	...	Joan Stacey
Rosamund Greenwood	...	Miss Ammerley
Dudley Jones	...	Thurston
Christopher Good	...	Gerald Lloyd
Oliver Ford Davies	...	Det. Insp. Corliss
Ken Halliwell	...	Police Constable

Storyline

Aging, blind dowager Miss Dorothy Ammersly, an advocate of equality for women in the workplace, has consigned her fortune to her niece, successful businesswoman Pauline Stacey. Stacey is not as astute when it comes to judging character and has fallen under the spell of Kalon, an ex-convict who has reinvented himself as the high priest to Apollo, the sun god. Stacy makes out her will, ignoring her sister and naming him as her sole heir. Although Stacey falls to her death down an elevator shaft in close proximity to Kalon, the charlatan has an impeccable alibi witness, Father Brown.

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Plot Keywords:

alibi | charlatan | religious cult | priest | elevator | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 October 1974 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Associated Television (ATV), Granada

Technical Specs

Runtime:

51 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The story was originally published in 1911 in a collection entitled "The Innocence of Father Brown."

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Quotes

Hercule Flambeau: [Referring to klaron] He's a fraud. Don't you agree?
Father Brown: I'm not sure. He drinks wine, claret by the look of it, and by the expression on his face that's a Mouton-Rothschild.
[laughs]
Father Brown: No, a man who likes wine is either sincere or a very serious criminal indeed.

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