The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
Synopsis
A village cricket match on the lawn of a great country house - a traditional setting for the perfect English murder. A natural case for the Yard's best technicolor detective, except for the victim-the 20th-century lord of the manor, Sheik Ali Ben Hassim.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Tony BicâtWriter
- Tony BicâtDirector
- Nick BicâtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ian RichardsonInspector Anthony Arrowsmith
- Timothy SpallDetective Sergeant Baxter
- Robert FlemyngSir Charles
- Nadia HammanSheika Fatima
- Raad RawiAhmed
- Benjamin FeitelsonKerim
- Jacob WitkinSheik
- Laura DavenportBarbara Gethryn
- James GriffithsReverend Bland
- Brian CoxDr. Gillespie
- Edward HardwickeBrinson
- Daphne HeardMrs. Merridew