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7.5/10
199
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An old antagonist teams with frost to investigate the kidnapping of two bus drivers and the death of a clown.An old antagonist teams with frost to investigate the kidnapping of two bus drivers and the death of a clown.An old antagonist teams with frost to investigate the kidnapping of two bus drivers and the death of a clown.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
199
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- R.D. Wingfield(characters creator)
- David Gilman(screenplay)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- R.D. Wingfield(characters creator)
- David Gilman(screenplay)
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James McKenna
- Sgt Bradyas Sgt Brady
- (as James Mckenna)
- Director
- Writers
- R.D. Wingfield(characters creator)
- David Gilman(screenplay)
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Storyline
The Heal family is appalled to see the man whose lorry killed three of their members some years earlier is driving a bus. Because the lorry's mechanism was faulty he was acquitted of dangerous driving but the Heals are not happy and Andy Heal goes to the bus depot for a confrontation. Later the driver and his conductress are abducted from their bus. The conductress is diabetic and needs her insulin shots and, after a television appeal, she is dumped, alive, in town, not far from an alley where a clown is found dead. He recently entertained at a children's party where one of the mothers has a pathological phobia of clowns, and believes she attacked him without knowing. However, it turns out that he was also a thief, robbing the houses he visited and his killer may have been somebody else. In solving the death and finding the bus driver Frost's work is not helped by having to work with a female sergeant who had once reported him for being unprofessional. —don @ minifie-1
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- Certificate
- TV-14
- Parents guide
Did you know
- GoofsThe bus conductoress injected herself with insulin on the wrong part of her arm. Insulin has to be injected into fatty tissue which is why the abdomen or thigh are ideal sites. The upper arm can be used but it has to be the tricep area at the back.
- Quotes
[DS Toolan has discovered the body of a clown wearing a red nose, a red wig and white make-up]
Insp Jack Frost: Who the hell is that?
DS Toolan: [reading the clown's badge] That's Charlie the Chuckling Clown.
Insp Jack Frost: Well he ain't got much to laugh at now, has he?
[later, at the police station]
Supt Mullett: Who would kill a clown?
Insp Jack Frost: Oh, I dunno. Punch and Judy, maybe?
Top review
Frost as Classic Hero; Doesn't Quite Work
For some reason, I could not get involved in this episode. It follows on the heels of one of the better offerings of the year. In this one, a driver and a conductor are kidnapped. He because of revenge; she because she sees the face of the kidnapper. They are put in a place not unlike the victims on "Criminal Minds." They are terrorized by this man and made to believe that their days are numbered. This brings into play the fact that the man had lost control of a bus and ran down members of a family. There is a lot of intrigue involving a band of young punks who are going around flexing their muscles. The conclusion, considering what we know about Frost, seems rather improbable. The other thing that seems really strained is Frost's adversarial interaction with a former partner, who turned on him, betraying him to his superiors. It just comes up a bit short.
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- Hitchcoc
- Oct 3, 2015
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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