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Episode complete credited cast: | |||
John Gregson | ... | Commander George Gideon | |
Alexander Davion | ... | Detective Chief Inspector David Keen / Chief Insp. David Keen | |
Daphne Anderson | ... | Kate Gideon (credit only) | |
Finlay Currie | ... | General Sir Hector McGregor | |
Allan Cuthbertson | ... | Major Donald Ross | |
John Cairney | ... | Captain Robbie McGregor | |
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David Hutcheson | ... | Colonel McAlpine |
Gordon Jackson | ... | Sgt. McKinnon | |
Basil Dignam | ... | Commissioner Scott-Marle | |
Donald Pickering | ... | 'Bookie' Barton Smith | |
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Michael Meacham | ... | Captain James Murray |
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Mary Yeomans | ... | Ann Ross |
Guy Deghy | ... | The Owner of Krootnings | |
John Serret | ... | Antoine Dubec | |
Reginald Jessup | ... | Det. Supt. Lemaitre |
The Balaclava Silver consists of 100s of pieces of expensive silver crockery and is the regimental silver of a proud Scottish regiment that was a part of The Thin Red Line at the Battle of Balaclava. The pieces are gradually being stolen from the regiment and replaced with fake replicas. Suspecting an inside job, the regimental general wants Gideon to find out who is stealing the silver pieces. To complicate the investigation, it must be done discretely to avoid any public scandal. Written by jem
One of the better episodes of this thoroughly routine sixties British TV cop series.
The honour of the regiment is at stake when it's antique silver goes missing. Gregson of the Yard is called upon to resolve the matter without besmirching the outfit's reputation and spends the episode talking to quite an impressive selection of British character actors - notably Finlay Currie and Gordon Jackson. The budget even runs to a loyalty toast with kilted officers and piper. The only intriguing element is that the dodgy characters, ever snotty Alan Cuthbertson and smarmy Pickering, are vindicated and the sympathetic officer has to take his toothbrush to the lock up.
The series leads are unable to animate their stock police heroes. They don't figure in those locating scenics pulled from library.