Barry Foster

Barry Foster

Barry Foster was an English actor who had an extensive career in film, radio, stage and television over almost 50 years. He was best known for playing Kaiser Wilhelm II in Fall of Eagles (1974), Order Wingate (1976), the title character in the British crime series Van der Valk (1972–1992) and Bob Rusk in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972).

  • Title: Barry Foster
  • Popularity: 7.82
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1927-08-21
  • Place of Birth: Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: John Barry Foster
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Barry Foster Movies

  • 1972
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    Frenzy

    Frenzy

    7.1 1972 HD

    After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.

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  • 1998
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    Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names

    Joseph Losey: The Man with Four Names

    1 1998 HD

    Documentary about director Joseph Losey featuring many of his collaborators.

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  • 1958
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    Sea of Sand

    Sea of Sand

    6.4 1958 HD

    A small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North...

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  • 1969
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    Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    6.825 1969 HD

    In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the...

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  • 1978
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    The Wild Geese

    The Wild Geese

    6.818 1978 HD

    A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and...

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  • 1986
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    The Whistle Blower

    The Whistle Blower

    5.824 1986 HD

    A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold...

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  • 1987
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    Maurice

    Maurice

    7.6 1987 HD

    After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

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  • 1957
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    Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

    Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

    7.2 1957 HD

    While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore...

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  • 1965
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    The Interior Decorator

    The Interior Decorator

    1 1965 HD

    An interior decorator takes a millionaire's wife on a guided tour of her new home.

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  • 1970
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    Ryan's Daughter

    Ryan's Daughter

    7.1 1970 HD

    The wife of an Irish school teacher is branded a traitor when she falls for a British officer who is part of an occupying force in 1917 Ireland.

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  • 1966
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    The Family Way

    The Family Way

    6.6 1966 HD

    Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their...

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  • 1967
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    Robbery

    Robbery

    6.5 1967 HD

    In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying...

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  • 1968
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    Twisted Nerve

    Twisted Nerve

    6.8 1968 HD

    Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he...

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  • 1977
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    Sweeney!

    Sweeney!

    6.8 1977 HD

    When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He...

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  • 2000
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    Rancid Aluminium

    Rancid Aluminium

    3.6 2000 HD

    Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left...

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  • 1964
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    King and Country

    King and Country

    7.048 1964 HD

    During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial,...

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  • 1969
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    The Guru

    The Guru

    5 1969 HD

    Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.

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  • 1995
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    The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in the Willows

    7.1 1995 HD

    Kenneth Grahame's literary classic about an enchanting world along the Riverbank has delighted readers for nearly a century. Now, this enduring...

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  • 1959
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    Worm in the Bud

    Worm in the Bud

    1 1959 HD

    An elderly man living on his own in Belfast rouses the suspicions of his neighbors.

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  • 1987
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    After Pilkington

    After Pilkington

    7 1987 HD

    The quiet life of Oxford professor James Westgate is shattered when he is introduced to Penny, the wife of his crass new colleague.

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  • 1984
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    To Catch a King

    To Catch a King

    4 1984 HD

    Robert Wagner plays an American who owns a Lisbon nightclub and Teri Garr is a slightly dippy chanteuse who has stumbled across a Nazi plot to kidnap...

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  • 1987
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    Succubus

    Succubus

    1 1987 HD

    A family settles in an old castle with plans to, among other things, turn its former cemetery into a swimming pool. However, soon they find out that,...

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  • 1958
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    Sea Fury

    Sea Fury

    6 1958 HD

    The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the...

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  • 1990
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    King of the Wind

    King of the Wind

    6.4 1990 HD

    In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is...

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  • 1962
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    Playback

    Playback

    1 1962 HD

    A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.

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  • 1982
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    A Woman Called Golda

    A Woman Called Golda

    8.2 1982 HD

    The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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  • 1981
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    Random Moments in a May Garden

    Random Moments in a May Garden

    1 1981 HD

    A middle-aged couple give a dinner party to their friends. In the room is a photograph of another group of people, taken in a garden in May.

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  • 1961
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    Where the Difference Begins

    Where the Difference Begins

    7 1961 HD

    A family gather together as their mother lies dying. Death brings conflicts into sharp focus - not least between brothers Edgar and Richard…

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  • 1990
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    A Curious Suicide

    A Curious Suicide

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1972
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    Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization

    Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization

    5 1972 HD

    Nirad C. Chaudhuri expounds his views on culture, history, religion and society from a comparative perspective.

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  • 1981
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    Beyond the Next Mountain

    Beyond the Next Mountain

    1 1981 HD

    The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.

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  • 1983
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    Heat and Dust

    Heat and Dust

    6.1 1983 HD

    Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her...

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  • 1958
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    Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

    6.7 1958 HD

    A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain...

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  • 1980
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    Danger on Dartmoor

    Danger on Dartmoor

    5.7 1980 HD

    The adventures of children lost in fog on Dartmoor, who encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.

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  • 1977
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    The Three Hostages

    The Three Hostages

    1 1977 HD

    Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy...

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  • 1975
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    The Last Word

    The Last Word

    2 1975 HD

    Leo, the owner of the stocking product "Discrete", has driven his company into the wall; the company is virtually bankrupt.

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  • 2001
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    The Story of 'Frenzy'

    The Story of 'Frenzy'

    4.7 2001 HD

    Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Frenzy'.

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  • 1986
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    Hotel du Lac

    Hotel du Lac

    4 1986 HD

    Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by...

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  • 1987
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    Three Kinds of Heat

    Three Kinds of Heat

    5.3 1987 HD

    Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.

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  • 1974
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    A Quiet Day in Belfast

    A Quiet Day in Belfast

    6 1974 HD

    Andrew Angus Dalrymple's realistic portrait of a British soldier, his Irish lover and her twin sister amidst the strife of Northern Ireland.

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  • 1975
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    Old Times

    Old Times

    1 1975 HD

    Kate and Deeley are married and live in the country. They are joined by Kate's friend, Anna, and talk of the past. Although it is a past they have...

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  • 1982
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    How Many Miles to Babylon?

    How Many Miles to Babylon?

    1 1982 HD

    Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and in 1914 find themselves in the same Army unit - Alex as an officer...

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  • 1992
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    Party Time

    Party Time

    5 1992 HD

    At a posh cocktail party, various plans are made, and a missing guest turns up late.

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  • 1956
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    The Battle of the River Plate

    The Battle of the River Plate

    6.2 1956 HD

    In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British...

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  • 1976
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    Orde Wingate

    Orde Wingate

    1 1976 HD

    The story of the military career of Orde Wingate, one of the most controversial and unorthodox Allied commanders of World War II. The guerrilla...

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  • 1980
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    Rabbit Pie Day

    Rabbit Pie Day

    1 1980 HD

    As World War II draws to a close thousands of Russian soldiers overtaken by the Allied advance in Europe find themselves in England - and they like...

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  • 1976
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    Practical Experience

    Practical Experience

    1 1976 HD

    'I'm unusual. I really want to be an architect. Always have done. Always wanted to build fine buildings and fine cities where people can work and eat...

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  • 1960
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    Surprise Package

    Surprise Package

    5.8 1960 HD

    Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.

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  • 1972
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    Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

    5.8 1972 HD

    Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as...

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  • 1961
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    Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake

    4 1961 HD

    Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden...

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  • 1974
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    Fall of Eagles

    Fall of Eagles

    6.8 1974 HD

    "Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing...

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  • 1965
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    The Troubleshooters

    The Troubleshooters

    5 1965 HD

    The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. During its run, the series made the...

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  • 1960
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    Maigret

    Maigret

    6.9 1960 HD

    BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch...

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  • 1974
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    Playhouse

    Playhouse

    7 1974 HD

    BBC2 Playhouse is a one hour UK anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas created by Sara Pia Anderson and produced by...

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  • 1981
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    Bergerac

    Bergerac

    6.4 1981 HD

    Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars...

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  • 1982
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    Smiley's People

    Smiley's People

    7.689 1982 HD

    Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations...

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  • 1965
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    Public Eye

    Public Eye

    7.8 1965 HD

    Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a...

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  • 1983
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    Dalgliesh

    Dalgliesh

    6.9 1983 HD

    Centred on the cases of P. D. James' gentleman detective Adam Dalgliesh. In addition to his career as a policeman, Dalgliesh is also a published...

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  • 1960
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    Sunday-Night Play

    Sunday-Night Play

    1 1960 HD

    BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.

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  • 1985
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    Screen Two

    Screen Two

    6.8 1985 HD

    Series of single made-for-television dramas.

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  • 1973
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    Divorce His, Divorce Hers

    Divorce His, Divorce Hers

    5 1973 HD

    The dissolution of an 18-year marriage, seen first from his point-of-view and then from hers.

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  • 1998
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    Roger Roger

    Roger Roger

    1 1998 HD

    Roger Roger is a BBC television comedy-drama written by John Sullivan. The series was about a mini-cab firm called Cresta Cabs. The pilot aired in...

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  • 1983
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    Death of an Expert Witness

    Death of an Expert Witness

    6 1983 HD

    When Dr. Edwin Lorrimer, a forensic scientist working at a private laboratory is found killed, Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is sent to...

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