Vendetta for a Dead Man
24th episode of the 1st season of Randall and Hopkirk
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 24 | ||
| Directed by | Cyril Frankel | ||
| Written by | Donald James | ||
| Production code | 24 | ||
| Original air date | 27 February 1970 (1970-02-27) | ||
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| George Sewell Timothy West | |||
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"Vendetta for a Dead Man" is the twenty-fourth episode of the 1969 ITC British television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 27 February 1970 on ITV. It was directed by Cyril Frankel.
Synopsis
A convicted murderer named Eric Jansen escapes from the psychiatric ward of his prison almost exactly one year after he was locked up by Marty Hopkirk. Seeking his revenge he finds that Marty has already died but learns that his widow Jeannie Hopkirk is very much alive and has inherited everything he owned. He hunts Jeannie down who at the time was engrossed in a new love interest of her own eventually taking her to some rocky cliffs. There he intended to cast her into the sea exactly one year after he was caught in the same spot. But thanks to Marty, Jeff is there in the nick of time and saves Jeannie whilst Jansen loses his balance and falls in the sea.
Cast
- Mike Pratt as Jeff Randall
- Kenneth Cope as Marty Hopkirk
- Annette Andre as Jeannie Hopkirk
- Ann Castle .... Mrs. Cavallo-Smith
- Henry Davies .... Police Sergeant in Car
- William Dysart .... Police Inspector
- Barrie Ingham .... Emil Cavallo-Smith
- Richard Owens .... Police Sergeant Bodyguard
- Ron Pember .... Fairground Concessionaire
- Colin Rix .... Police Driver
- George Sewell .... Eric Jansen
- Sue Vaughan .... Blonde Girl in Car
- Timothy West .... Sam Grimes
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070206224216/http://www.anorakzone.com/randall/old/index.html
- "Vendetta for a Dead Man" at IMDb
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Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
- Jeff Randall
- Marty Hopkirk
- Jeannie Hopkirk
- "My Late Lamented Friend and Partner"
- "A Disturbing Case"
- "All Work and No Pay"
- "Never Trust a Ghost"
- "That's How Murder Snowballs"
- "Just for the Record"
- "Murder Ain't What it Used to Be"
- "Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?"
- "The House on Haunted Hill"
- "When Did You Start to Stop Seeing Things?"
- "The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo"
- "For The Girl Who Has Everything"
- "But What a Sweet Little Room"
- "Who Killed Cock Robin?"
- "The Man from Nowhere"
- "When the Spirit Moves You"
- "Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave"
- "Could You Recognise the Man Again?"
- "A Sentimental Journey"
- "Money to Burn"
- "The Ghost Talks"
- "It's Supposed to be Thicker than Water"
- "The Trouble with Women"
- "Vendetta for a Dead Man"
- "You Can Always Find a Fall Guy"
- "The Smile Behind the Veil"
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000–01)
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