Inspector Morse: Last Seen Wearing
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Actor: Colin Dexter, James Grout, John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Peter WoodthorpeBrand: BFS ENT and Multimedia Limi
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-02-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
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Movie Review: Will the Real Morse Please Rise?
Summary: 5 Stars
In "Last Seen Wearing" (1988) Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse and his minion, Sergeant Lewis, are assigned to a missing person case. A teenage schoolgirl, Valerie, a day student, has been missing for months from an exclusive private school. Morse says immediately without doubt that she is dead. Lewis who has two daughters says he thinks not, but Morse is positive. If you've watched Morse working cases before, you know, brilliant though he is, he often goes off half-cocked. The father is a tyrannical millionaire-builder who treats Morse with complete disdain. A letter has been received from the girl saying she is all right, but Morse thinks that someone has doctored one of the girl's old letters.
The girl's teachers and the young egocentric headmaster of the school become suspects. Without any evidence Morse says that when the girl disappeared, she was pregnant. It's another of his wild guesses.
Morse tools around in his red Jag interrogating suspects. Actor John Thaw does a good job of portraying the prickly inspector, and Lewis is interpreted with great skill by Kevin Whately. Elizabeth Hurley also appears in this episode.
This TV film is much better than "Deadly Slumber" because it's actually based on a Dexter novel rather than just the character of Morse. The story is richer; it has touches of humor; the characterizations are much deeper; and the often comic by-play between Morse and Lewis is far better delineated. Morse's conflicts with Superintendent Strange and even with pathologist Max are very well done.
Morse is fond of Classical music especially Wagner's ring cycle, crossword puzzles, and he enjoys reading Thomas Hardy. He enjoys his pints in pubs but can get livid when time is called when he hasn't had his ration. Morse in a pub gets another pint and rationalizes it by saying, "When I'm thinking, I get thirsty." He also says to his sergeant, "You're such a prude, Lewis."
Valerie was a wild girl who turns out to have had an affair. Morse, in order "to make things happen" goes over the line and breaks the law more than once even resorting to forgery. Morse uses lateral thinking ("I can't think in straight lines.") which often proves wrong.
One of the suspects is murdered, and Lewis blows up at his boss and says, "You were so keen to have a murder."
After his usual false starts, Morse is able to eke out a solution, but we have great fun on the journey.
Summary of Inspector Morse: Last Seen Wearing
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