A proud woman coldly concentrates on keeping up appearances when her 50-year old husband and a young schoolgirl go missing at the same time.
Direction
Hodges' early command of unease before his gangster masterpiece.
Acting
Kempson's glacial restraint—every blink is a choice.
Director
Mike Hodges
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mike Hodges made this for ITV in 1969, two years before Get Carter made him famous for brutal British crime.
Rachel Kempson was married to Michael Redgrave and mother to Vanessa and Lynn; her aristocratic poise here weaponizes her actual class position.
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