P.D. James - Cover Her Face
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Actor: Mel Martin, Norman Wooland, Phyllis Calvert, Roy Marsden, Rupert FrazerBrand: Koch International
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Content/Copy-Protected CD, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 291 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: KOCH VISION
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- This miniseries is adapted from P.D. James's popular novel of the same name and features Commander Adam Dalgliesh, the popular protagonist from many of James's previous books. Here, Dalgliesh once again steps into the seamy underworld of London when a drug dealer is murdered in the basement of a fashionable London book club. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating:&nbs
Movie Reviews of P.D. James - Cover Her Face
Movie Review: Not Among the Best of the Series but Entertaining
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the first of the series written by PD James; I should think it also was among the earliest of the TV adaptations which had such a long and justifiably successful run. As has been pointed out, the plot is convoluted and in this TV version never satisfactorily brought together. The relationship between the events in London and in the country house which is the focus of the drama are rather poorly structured. One is never quite sure what the relationship was and not at all satisfied with the logic of the ultimate solution. However, the characterizations are quite well done preserving the British reputation for fine casting of their export dramatizations. Roy Marsden is a solid lead, much harder edged in these earlier episodes than he becomes in the later ones. Only occasionally is he allowed to show the poetic, sympathetic facets of the complex inspector we see later on. On a personal note,I could readily agree with the Inspectors reaction to one of the characters, she personifies charm and loveliness. Reality tells me that she and I are both 20 years older than when this was filmed so our romance can remain only a pleasant fantasy. (The rules of non-disclosure governing all commentators on mysteries prevents me from further elucidation.) I can recommend viewing for those not impatient with other than rapid-fire, bang-bang types of the mystery genre.
Summary of P.D. James - Cover Her Face
A complex web of lies, murder, international drug trafficking and passion.Scotland Yard?s Adam Dalgliesh is called in to investigate the murder of a drug dealer found strangled in the basement of a respectable London book club. His key witness in the case turns out to beautiful young single mother, Sally Jupp, on a day visit to London to "introduce" her eight-week-old son to former employers and co-workers at the book club.
The investigation switches back and forth between the urban drug scene, where one detective has already been killed, and the country residence of the socially conscious Maxie family, where the recently employed young woman has made more enemies than friends.
As mysterious deaths pile up, Dalgliesh is immersed in a sea of suspects, aggressive, evasive answers and deeply hidden motives.
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