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Sid Halley, champion steeplechase jockey, suffers a devastating injury in a fall that ends his career. He sinks into self-pity until his aristocratic father-in-law bullies him into trying something new: becoming a private detective. A great literary gumshoe emerges as Halley regains his dignity, faces his vulnerability, and finds new meaning in life. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
George Waring
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
The Agatha Christie Hour (1982) (series)
David Calder
UK
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Hustle (2004) (series)
Time (2021) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Sandy Ratcliff
UK
Best series:
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
EastEnders (1985) (series)
Gerald Flood
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) (series)
Milton Johns
Best series:
Yes, Minister (1980) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Jimmy Gardner (a.f.)
UK
Best series:
The Saint (1962) (series) - a.f.
Doctor Who (1963) (series) - actor, a.f.
The Forsyte Saga (1967) (series) - a.f.
Iain Cuthbertson
UK
Best series:
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Maurice Bush
Best series:
Doctor in the House (1969) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Inspector Morse (1987) (series)
Margaretta Scott
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Robin Soans
UK
Best series:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Silk (2011) (series)
John Harvey
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) (series)
Ivanhoe (1958) (series)
Ian East
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Lovejoy (1986) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
Carol Royle
UK
Best series:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Crime Traveller (1997) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Andrew Downie
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Bill Croasdale
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) (series)
Coronation Street (1960) (series)
Roger Milner
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Charles Hodgson
UK
Best series:
The Avengers (1961) (series)
The Agatha Christie Hour (1982) (series)
Inspector Morse (1987) (series)
Peter Blake
UK
Best series:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Dark Realm (2000) (series)
William Tell (1987) (series)
Leslie Sands
UK
Best series:
The Avengers (1961) (series)
Woof! (1989) (series)
Tommy Boyle
UK
Best series:
The New Avengers (1976) (series)
William Tell (1987) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)