Blackmail, betrayal, and British stiff upper lips—this forgotten 55-minute tense has teeth.
Acting
Gough's sweaty desperation—politician facade cracking in real time.
Writing
Tight 55-minute structure, no fat, every scene tightens the noose.
Director
Gerry O'Hara
Michael Gough
Robert Hilary
Mark Eden
Oliver Marchant
Toby Robins
Frances Challinor
Allan Cuthbertson
Garsden
Rachel Gurney
Adele
Al Mulock
Nick
Roger Hammond
Peter Fletcher
Lockwood West
Justice Tree
Mark Dignam
Attorney General
Catherine Willmer
Miss Stewart
Kenneth Benda
Bryce
Leslie Sarony
Harley
Frank Forsyth
Jimmy
Peter Bennett
Watkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gerry O'Hara directed this between episodes of The Avengers and The Saint—explaining its lean, televisual efficiency.
Made during the Profumo Affair's aftershocks; British audiences would've smelled real political sex scandal in every frame.
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