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    Original Sin

    • TV Mini Series
    • 19971997
    • 50min
    IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
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    Original Sin (1997)
    CrimeDramaMystery

    Peverell Press, respected London publishing house with two hundred years of tradition, is taken over by new management. Gerard Etienne, new yuppie CEO, wants to implement radical changes. So... Read allPeverell Press, respected London publishing house with two hundred years of tradition, is taken over by new management. Gerard Etienne, new yuppie CEO, wants to implement radical changes. Soon he is found dead under bizzare circumstances. Commander Adam Dalgliesh, policeman in ch... Read allPeverell Press, respected London publishing house with two hundred years of tradition, is taken over by new management. Gerard Etienne, new yuppie CEO, wants to implement radical changes. Soon he is found dead under bizzare circumstances. Commander Adam Dalgliesh, policeman in charge of the investigation, is convinced that the reasons for the death lie in the sinister... Read all

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    • Stars
      • Roy Marsden
      • Ian Bannen
      • Cathryn Harrison
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    Cathryn Harrison
    Cathryn Harrison
    • Claudia Etienneas Claudia Etienne
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    Amanda Root
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    • Frances Peverellas Frances Peverell
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    Sylvia Syms
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    • Kate Miskinas Kate Miskin
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    Jonathan Coy
    Jonathan Coy
    • James de Wittas James de Witt
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    Carolyn Pickles
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    Raymond Gérôme
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    Brooke Kinsella
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    Tim Dutton
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    James Wilby
    James Wilby
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    Peverell Press, respected London publishing house with two hundred years of tradition, is taken over by new management. Gerard Etienne, new yuppie CEO, wants to implement radical changes. Soon he is found dead under bizzare circumstances. Commander Adam Dalgliesh, policeman in charge of the investigation, is convinced that the reasons for the death lie in the sinister past. —Dragan Antulov <dragan.antulov@altbbs.fido.hr>
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      [Gerard Etienne's body has been discovered]

      Adam Dalgliesh: Mr Etienne took over the firm fairly recently. Would you say that he was well liked?

      [Mrs Demery looks quizzically at him]

      Mrs. Demery: [factetiously] Well, he wouldn't have been carried out of here in a body bag if he'd been a little ray of sunshine, now would he, Commander?

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    A real filmatic quality to this one, not least the opening scene. We have Dalgliesh reading poetry to some music and beautiful cinematography from a boat on the Thames with the backdrop of the Houses of Parliament. A quality cast too, Ian Bannen in his later years and the much under- rated Amanda Root in her prime particularly worthy of mention. A good plot, if slightly confusing opening , that is nevertheless worth sticking with.
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      • January 9, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
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      • Arvesynd
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      • Wapping, London, England, UK
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      • United Film and Television Productions
      • Anglia Television
      • WGBH
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