Blood on the Saddle (8 Sep. 2010)

At a Wild West show in Ford Florey, Faye Lennox is murdered. She was the estate manager and lover of unpopular farmer Jack Fincher, who is engaged in a long-standing dispute with neighbour ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Holthouse

Writers:

David Harsent (screenplay), Caroline Graham (characters)

Stars:

John Nettles, Jason Hughes, Jane Wymark

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
John Nettles	...	DCI Tom Barnaby
Jason Hughes	...	DS Ben Jones
Jane Wymark	...	Joyce Barnaby
Barry Jackson	...	Dr. Bullard
Kirsty Dillon	...	DC Gail Stephens
Emma Cooke	...	Faye Lennox
David Rintoul	...	Jack Fincher
Caroline Langrishe	...	Susan Fincher
Richard Harrington	...	Leo Fincher
Pip Torrens	...	Fergal Jenner
Kenneth Cranham	...	Jude Langham
Justin Avoth	...	Dan Malko
Kika Markham	...	Mary Morgan
Malcolm Storry	...	Silas Burbage
Daniel Ryan	...	Adam Burbage

Storyline

At a Wild West show in Ford Florey, Faye Lennox is murdered. She was the estate manager and lover of unpopular farmer Jack Fincher, who is engaged in a long-standing dispute with neighbour Silas Burbage over a piece of waste-land. Soon afterwards Fincher is lassoed and dragged to his death. There is no shortage of suspects - the Burbage family, long-suffering wife Susan who is seemingly very close to stepson Leo, Dan Malko, who wants the waste-land as a permanent travellers' site and Mary Morgan, whose dog Fincher shot. Jude Langham, a local craftsman who blames Fincher for his father's death, claims to have the document which will settle ownership and he is attacked by an intruder out to steal it. He had made phone calls to the three parties interested in the land just before his attack. But one is also murdered and another person will die before Barnaby works out who is responsible for blood on the saddle.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 September 2010 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Anthony N Gasson opticians, Church Street, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bentley Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The poker hand of Aces and Eights is known as the Dead Man's Hand because that is the hand Wild Bill Hickock had when he was assassinated.

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Goofs

In the final 'shootout' Jones finds a Colt SAA 'Peacemaker' loaded with a 9mm/ .38 blank. He takes out the blank and replaces it with a 44-40 WCF LIVE round. You can't put a 44-40 live round into a gun chambered for 9mm. Also inn the UK the guns used in Old West re-enactment are blank firers chambered for 9mm/ .38 and cannot five a live round due to the barrel being fully or partially blocked

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mary Morgan: [screams loudly then runs outside] Help! Help me! He's murdered Danny! Help! Help!

User Reviews

Worst episode ever of Midsomer Murders

This episode was without doubt the worst episode we have seen of the Midsomer Murders series. It stands out from all of the other episodes because we have rated most episodes as 7's and above - but we rated this episode a 2.

Overall the Midsomer Murders production team is very professional and produces episodes of a high standard so it is unbelievable that the Producers allowed this story to see the light of day and surely the cast should have said something during the shooting. We found the story was completely implausible and there were so many flaws in the development of the murder investigation it isn't worth singling out any.