Francis Durbridge Presents (Volume 1) - 4-DVD Box Set ( The Desperate People / Melissa / A Man Called Harry Brent / A Game of Murder )

Francis Durbridge Presents (Volume 1) - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Desperate People / Melissa / A Man Called Harry Brent / A Game of Murder
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
592 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1963 - 1966 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Alan Bromly

Written By:
Francis Durbridge

Actors:
Denis Quilley ..... Larry Martin
Hugh Cross ..... Det. Insp. Hyde (6 episodes, 1963)
Renny Lister ..... Ruth Sanders (5 episodes, 1963)
Nigel Hawthorne ..... Cliff Fletcher
June Ellis ..... Vanessa Curtis (4 episodes, 1963)
Garard Green ..... Douglas Talbot (4 episodes, 1963)
Stanley Meadows ..... Luther Harris
Shirley Cain ..... Claire Seldon (2 episodes, 1963)
Clifford Earl ..... Eddie Meadows (2 episodes, 1963)
Gerard Heinz ..... Dr. Wolf Linderhof
Barry Jackson ..... Andy Wilson (2 episodes, 1963)
Tony Britton ..... Guy Foster
Kerry Jordan ..... Felix Hepburn
Brian McDermott ..... Don Page
Norman Scace ..... Dr. Norman Swanley
Elizabeth Weaver ..... Joyce Dean (5 episodes, 1964)
Brian Wilde ..... Chief Insp. Carter (5 episodes, 1964)
Helen Christie ..... Paula Hepburn
Richard Wilding ..... Det. Sgt. Gibbs
Edward Brayshaw ..... Harry Brent
Gerald Harper ..... Det. Insp. Alan Milton
Jennifer Daniel ..... Carol Vyner (6 episodes, 1965)
Bernard Brown ..... Eric Vyner (6 episodes, 1965)
Peter Ducrow ..... Det. Sgt. Roy Philips
Brian Wilde ..... Harold Tolly (5 episodes, 1965)
Judy Parfitt ..... Jacqueline Dawson (4 episodes, 1965)
John Horsley ..... Reg Bryer (4 episodes, 1965)
Christopher Wray ..... Tomlins (4 episodes, 1965)
Alan Hockey ..... Kevin Jason
Leon Shepperdson ..... Mark Rainer (3 episodes, 1965)
Michael Warren ..... Brian Filey (3 episodes, 1965)
Gerald Harper ..... Det. Insp. Jack Kerry (6 episodes, 1966)
David Burke ..... Det. Insp. Ed Royce
June Barry ..... Kathy White (6 episodes, 1966)
Conrad Phillips ..... Chief Supt. Hal Bromford
John Harvey ..... Charles Bannister (3 episodes, 1966)
Murray Hayne ..... Rupert Delaney (3 episodes, 1966)

Synopsis:

Master storyteller Francis Durbridge conquered television from the 1950s - 1980s with baffling and complex thrillers which kept audiences gripped and on tenterhooks. With fiendish plots and unforseen twists and turns, record-breaking numbers of viewers flocked to these 'event' thrillers which worked to the formula that everyone is lying, and nothing is as it seems. And always leave them on a cliffhanger!
From middle-class murder and mayhem to upper crust crime passionnel, smuggling and death, Durbridge's spellbinding tales come from the Golden Age of crime fiction where Mayfair flats and the cocktail set mix with clergymen and cadavers. Assembled in a lethal identity parade for the first time on DVD, this inaugural collection of FRANCIS DURBRIDGE PRESENTS brings together four rare 1960s thrillers - THE DESPERATE PEOPLE, MELISSA, A MAN CALLED HARRY BRENT and A GAME OF MURDER.

THE DESPERATE PEOPLE
Professional photographer Larry Martin works with the beautiful people in the magazine and commercial advertisement world. When his brother Philip returns on leave from the army, celebrations are short-lived when he suddenly announces plans to leave for Dublin, and is later found dead in a hotel near Maidenhead, seemingly by his own hand. Convinced he was murdered, Martin determinedly seeks out the truth. Amongst his brother's effects, he discovers first a key, then a ticket for a dance, and later an attaché case filled with German bank notes. As the bigger picture begins to develop, Martin comes up against the desperate people who will cheat, rob and murder to protect themselves… Starring Denis Quilley (TIMESLIP, MURDER OF A MODERATE MAN), Nigel Hawthorne (YES, MINISTER) and HUGH CROSS (SEVEN DAYS TO NOON, DOOMWATCH)
MELISSA
'Who murdered Melissa Foster?' Journalist Guy Foster is determined to find an answer when his plans to settle down and write books take on a menacing edge as he is reluctantly drawn into a nightmare world of intrigue, crime and suspicion when his beautiful wife, Melissa, is found strangled. What part did racing-driver friend, Don Page, play in the events leading up to her death? Can Peter Antrobus really have been Melissa's secret lover? Why would a woman who never wore a hat own so many empty hatboxes? In pursuit of answers, Guy Foster struggles to piece together the secrets and lies of his wife, Melissa… Starring Tony Britton (DON'T WAIT UP), Petra Davies (VANITY FAIR, EMMA) and Brian Wilde (PORRIDGE, LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE)
A MAN CALLED HARRY BRENT
Enigmatic travel agent Harry Brent walks into Carol Vyner's life and turns it upside down with a whirlwind romance which sees her break off her engagement to Detective Inspector Alan Milton. What starts with flowers soon ends with death, however, when Carol's former employer Tom Fielding is killed by a stranger, and all the evidence seems to lead back to Brent. Determined to find out more about his rival suitor, Milton's pursuit of the truth uncovers a shadowy world in which secrets and lies are the currency, and where nothing is really what is seems. What behind the relationship between Brent and Jacqueline Dawson? What secrets can the fountain pen spell out? Milton soon discovers that dealing with a man called Harry Brent can be a one-way ticket to death… Starring Edward Brayshaw (THE THREE MUSKETEERS, THE BLACK ARROW), Gerald Harper (ADAM ADAMANT LIVES!, HADLEIGH) and Judy Parfitt (JEWEL IN THE CROWN, MIDSOMER MURDERS)
A GAME OF MURDER
When once-famous athlete Bob Kerry dies in what appears to be a golfing accident, his son Jack (a Scotland Yard detective on leave) cannot let the mysterious tragedy go. Who is the man that his father arranged to meet at the course? What part does the sinister owner of a local pet shop have to play? Why is everyone so interested in a dog collar? As Jack is drawn into a complicated web of deceit, prostitution, drugs and murder, is anyone playing by the rules in this game of murder? Starring Gerald Harper (ADAM ADAMANT LIVES!, HADLEIGH), Conrad Phillips (WILLIAM TELL, THE EDGAR WALLACE MYSTERIES), David Burke (THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, MIDSOMER MURDERS) and Dorothy Frere (DIXON OF DOCK GREEN, EMMERDALE)

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 07 June, 2016.