P.D. James - Death of an Expert Witness
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Canada DVD Cover InformationActor: Barry Foster, Brenda Blethyn, Fiona Walker, Ray Brooks, Roy MarsdenBrand: Koch International Cinematographer: Geoff Greenleaf Cinematographer: Peter MacQueen Cinematographer: Steve Kilroe Cinematographer: Trevor Vaisey Editor: Kevin Waters 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: 295 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-06-07 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: KOCH VISION Product features:
Movie Reviews of P.D. James - Death of an Expert WitnessMovie Review: Not One of the Best but Worth Watching
While not among the most popular, the best written or the best television production of the works of P.D. James, it is a gripping drama with a good assortment of distinctive characters played with a certain theatrical quality (save for hero, Dalgleish and his assistant). As played by Roy Marsden, the enduring lead, the Inspector is played as a rather arrogant, essentially decent, very much policeman-like, person on the young side, still a bit callow and enigmatic. He is less likable, certainly, than he became later in the series. The plot centers on the murder of a quite unpleasant division director at a Forensics science lab. Nearly everyone has some reason to dislike him, more than a few have reason to hate and/or fear him. Along the way to finding the solution, the Inspector runs into a daytime soap opera full of characters whose peculiarities must be understood and utilized. There are certainly production weaknesses, some overacting by the "characters", and some plot lines which end dangling in air. These matter little since the drama and mystery never slacken in drawing the viewer (at least this viewer) along to the surprise ending. I think many people will find it worth the viewing.
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