The Commander - 3-DVD Box Set ( The Commander: The Devil You Know / The Commander: The Fraudster / The Commander: Windows of the Soul )

The Commander - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Commander: The Devil You Know / The Commander: The Fraudster / The Commander: Windows of the Soul
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
270 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Biographies
Box Set
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ashley Pearce
David Caffrey
Jane Prowse

Written By:
Lynda La Plante
Jane Prowse

Actors:
Amanda Burton ..... Commander Blake
Mark Lewis Jones ..... DI Doug James
Nadine Marshall ..... DC Alison Goody
Nicola Alexis ..... Margie
Clinton Blake ..... Colin Bailey
Sam Cox ..... Norman Sidgewick
Abigail Cruttenden ..... Judy Thornton
Matt Day ..... Eric Thornton
Philip Fox ..... Bill Flaxen
Georgina Hale ..... Mrs. Littlewood
Caroline Harker ..... Sasha Thornton
Connie Hyde ..... DCI Janet Chambers
Celia Imrie ..... Mrs. Thornton
Adam James ..... Tony Lattice
Shane Nolan ..... Police Officer
Paul Brightwell ..... DS Hall
Penny Downie ..... Jane Griffith
Greg Wise ..... Mark Davy
Ayesha Dharker ..... Grace
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh ..... Thelma
Adrian Scarborough ..... Clive Selway
Bernard Gallagher ..... Mr. Colly
David Cann ..... DCI Fuller
Justin Pierre ..... DS Ken Jones
Priyanga Burford ..... Miranda Kent
Oliver Cotton ..... Donald Griffith
Mark Lewis Jones ..... DCI Doug James
Nicholas Jones ..... Assistant Commissioner
Belinda Sinclair ..... Helen Branton
Amanda Burton ..... Commander Clare Blake
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ..... Zoe James
Joanne Adams ..... DS Hall
Paul Brightwell ..... Terry Donnolly's Father
Simon Britton ..... Denny Wade
Christopher Fulford ..... DCI Doug James
Mark Lewis Jones ..... Terry Donnolly
Gerard Kearns ..... Jimmy Bannerman
Toby Kebbell ..... DCI Alison Goody
Nadine Marshall ..... Joe Smylie
Terry O'Neill ..... Governess Sawyer
Nicola Redmond ..... Jackie Donnolly
Julie Riley ..... Father Thomas Martin
David Sterne ..... Lisa Bannerman
Sara Stockbridge ..... Jack Bannerman
Gary Stretch

Synopsis:

This three disc set contains three feature length episodes of the cutting edge television drama penned by Lynda La Plante. Starring Amanda Burton as Commander Clare Blake who has been assigned to the Serious Crime Group of the Metropolitan Police, where she commands the Murder Review Group. Her team includes D.C.I. Mike Hedges, who seems determined to make life difficult for his new boss.

Episodes Comprise:
1. The Devil You Know
2. Fraudster
3. Windows of the Soul

The Commander: The Devil You Know (2007)
When the DCI on the case goes into labor, Commander Clare Blake takes charge in the investigation of a dead 2-year-old girl found on the site of a now abandoned psychiatric institute. The girl has been dead for several years but the body was preserved in a tightly sealed drum and is well preserved as a result. She also has a cross branded onto her chest. The pathologist's report is inconclusive so the team starts to check medical records of former patients. Eric Thornton and John Littlewood figure prominently in hospital files, but when it's confirmed that Littlewood has died, the police focus all their effort on Thornton.

The Commander: The Fraudster (2007)
Donald Griffith is a fraud in every respect. Not only is he cheating on his wife - with both his personal assistant and his firm's caterer - he has defrauded his clients out of millions of pounds. He is arrested at his firm's Christmas party but is soon released on bail. He knows he will go to jail for fraud and has few options. When he is found the next day floating in his swimming pool the police must determine if it was suicide or whether his wife, one of his mistresses or an irate client did him in. Assistant Commissioner Les Branton, whose sister lost all of her investments, asks Commander Clare Blake to take charge of the investigation. When the autopsy reveals that he did not drown, the police know they have a murder investigation on their hands.

The Commander: Windows of the Soul (2007)
Scotland Yard Commander Clare Blake is called back from holiday to investigate the apparent murder of Father Thomas Martin who was stabbed 29 times in his church. He was well respected in the community and had been instrumental in calming the local community after serious rioting some 5 years before. Thugs - reformed or otherwise -constantly surrounded him as he also ran a drop in center and a boxing club. There are rumors of child abuse as Father Thomas seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time with children. The police initially focus on Denny Wade, an ex-con who had stabbed his wife over 50 times but the solution is found in events that occurred before the riots even took place.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 06 October, 2011.