Centers on takeover of Peverell Press by new CEO Gerard Etienne. Etienne wants big changes, but is killed mysteriously. Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigates, believing the motive lies in Peverell's dark history.
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Adam Dalgliesh
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| Ian Bannen | ... |
Gabriel Dauntsey
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Claudia Etienne
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| Amanda Root | ... |
Frances Peverell
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| Sylvia Syms | ... |
Esme Carling
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| Lizzy McInnerny | ... |
Kate Miskin
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| Jonathan Coy | ... |
James de Witt
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Miss Blackett
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Raymond Gérôme | ... |
Jean-Philippe Etienne
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Rowena Cooper | ... |
Mrs. Demery
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Samantha Edmonds | ... |
Mandy Price
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Declan Cartwright
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Brooke Kinsella | ... |
Daisy Reed
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Daniel Aron
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Gerard Etienne
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Agnes Clements
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Vicky Murdock | ... |
Mrs. Reed
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Mr. Aron
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Jason Hall | ... |
Rupert Farlow
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David Dixon | ... |
Dr. Wardle
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Matthew Mills | ... |
Poetry Promoter
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Production Companies
- United Film and Television Productions (for)
- Anglia Television
- WGBH (co-produced)
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- ITV - Independent Television
- Koch Vision (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1997) (United States) (tv)
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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 bizarre circumstances. Commander Adam Dalgliesh, policeman in charge of the investigation, is convinced that the reasons for the death lie in the sinister past.
Written by Dragan Antulov |
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| Movie Connections | Followed by A Certain Justice (1998). See more » |
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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? See more » |