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The Hanged Man

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19751975
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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The Hanged Man (1975)
  • Crime
  • Thriller
Successful businessman Lew Burnett survives a series of attempts on his life, and decides to remain "dead" after the last one, so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends... Read allSuccessful businessman Lew Burnett survives a series of attempts on his life, and decides to remain "dead" after the last one, so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.Successful businessman Lew Burnett survives a series of attempts on his life, and decides to remain "dead" after the last one, so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
32
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  • Stars
    • Colin Blakely
    • Michael Williams
    • Gary Watson
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    • Colin Blakely
    • Michael Williams
    • Gary Watson
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  • Episodes8

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    Colin Blakely
    Colin Blakely
    • Lewis Burnettas Lewis Burnett
    8 episodes8 eps • 1975
    Michael Williams
    Michael Williams
    • Alan Croweas Alan Crowe
    8 episodes8 eps • 1975
    Gary Watson
    Gary Watson
    • John Quentinas John Quentin
    7 episodes7 eps • 1975
    John F. Landry
    • Turtleas Turtle
    5 episodes5 eps • 1975
    James Grout
    James Grout
    • Sam McGuireas Sam McGuire
    2 episodes2 eps • 1975
    Keith Varnier
    • Tony Hammondas Tony Hammond
    2 episodes2 eps • 1975
    Gareth Hunt
    Gareth Hunt
    • Eddie Maloneas Eddie Malone
    2 episodes2 eps • 1975
    William Russell
    William Russell
    • Peter Krogeras Peter Kroger
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Frederick Jaeger
    Frederick Jaeger
    • Hans Deiteras Hans Deiter
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    James Maxwell
    James Maxwell
    • Leonid Frengelas Leonid Frengel
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Alan MacNaughtan
    Alan MacNaughtan
    • Charlie Galbraithas Charlie Galbraith
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Peter Armitage
    Peter Armitage
    • Sergeant of the Guardas Sergeant of the Guard
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Julian Glover
    Julian Glover
    • Joe Denveras Joe Denver
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Barbara Shelley
    Barbara Shelley
    • Louisa Galbraithas Louisa Galbraith
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Tony Jay
    Tony Jay
    • Laszloas Laszlo
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Frederick Treves
    Frederick Treves
    • Gilbert Webbas Gilbert Webb
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    John Rees
    • Brian Nelsonas Brian Nelson
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
    Colin George
    • George Seagramas George Seagram
    1 episode1 ep • 1975
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    Successful businessman Lew Burnett survives a series of attempts on his life, and decides to remain "dead" after the last one, so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.
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      • His only means of staying alive... is to stay dead!
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      • Thriller
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    • Trivia
      The theme tune ("The Detectives" by Alan Tew) is the same used for the Two Ronnies' Piggy Malone and Charley Farley serials.
    • Connections
      Spin-off Turtle's Progress (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      The Detectives
      (title music)

      Composed by Alan Tew

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    Different, classy but strange and highly implausible
    A tough, gritty thriller set in the world of the construction business, blessed with two brilliant lead performances from Colin Blakeley and Michael Williams. Mogul Lew Burnett survives an assassination attempt, and stays underground to flush out the killer - who meanwhile has employed hitman Quentin to finish the job. Can Burnett discover the truth before his luck runs out?

    Over 8 episodes, oddly given tarot-style names (only some of which are genuine), Burnett and his dapper ally Crowe dodge round the world, finding those who owed him money, or a grudge, or who benefited from his death, swapping sardonic dialogue and leaving behind a large trail of corpses.

    Don't get me wrong. It is very good, the scripts and acting are excellent and the production values high. But it is very odd too. Everyone is absurdly tough. No opponent can match the unbeatable Crowe and Quentin, while Burnett has bested everyone in business deals, knife fights, fist fights, battles with unions, governments and competing firms, building dams and pipelines and roads in Venezuela and the Middle East and Africa. Quentin squares up to a whole British Army battalion, while Crowe, together with a gang of about three people, takes on the whole government, army and police force of an East European communist state. Meanwhile, Crowe's unlikely friend Turtle together with the occasional hooligan can break into anywhere, find anything and outwit the police. It is about as realistic as the Iliad.

    This is very entertaining, but strains credibility (particularly Quentin, who resembles a psychopathic geography teacher). Perhaps the worst strategic mistake was to make each episode practically standalone. Only two actors, apart from the heroes and villains, appear in more than one episode. This rather undermines the whodunnit aspects of the programme, because suspicion never accumulates, and the viewer has no real idea who the enemies are in each episode, or what they might have to do with each other, if anything. So the series doesn't really cohere, and the only meaningful continuity between episodes occurs in the final two.

    Fans of Turtle's Progress will be interested to see the first appearance of Turtle in several episodes of this series, with Gareth Hunt in a couple of episodes in the Razor Eddie role. Turtle is light relief here, but be warned that The Hanged Man is not a comedy at all, and the two series are very different indeed in style and content. James Grout also appears in The Hanged Man, but in a different role from his Turtle's Progress part - as always he adds class.
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    • Release date
      • February 15, 1975 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • Yorkshire Television (YTV)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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