P.D. James - Death of an Expert Witness
List Price:
Our Price: $15.97
You Save: $14.01 (47%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $6.39 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: 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:
- 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 is investigating the death of a forensic scientist named Edwin Lorrimer who also happens to be an expert witness. Though it is almost immediately assumed that the murderer is one of Lorrimer's col
Movie Reviews of P.D. James - Death of an Expert Witness
Movie Review: Not One of the Best but Worth Watching
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
I should mention that to my hearing, at least, there were frequent moments of indistinct speech. To what extent the cause was soundtrack technicalities, English dialects. or rapid garbled speech, I cannot say nor can I accurately judge to what extent American viewers will share the difficulty. Overall, I was able to follow the plot pretty well but there may have been essential points that I could not manage.
Summary of P.D. James - Death of an Expert Witness
Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard, young for his senior rank and suffering the effects of his own personal tragedy, wades through a complex web of desperation, revenge, blackmail and secret love to solve a series of murders at a government forensic lab.Dalgliesh has been hunting a "back seat strangler" in London. When a young woman is found strangled, her body sprawled over the back seat of a car abandoned in a bleak country quarry, he is rushed to the scene. Convinced that this murder is not linked to his investigation, Dalgliesh returns to London only to be urgently recalled to investigate when a senior forensic scientist is found murdered at a government facility not far from the quarry. Dalgliesh has to break through the wall of fear surrounding the tight-knit ? and tight-lipped ? staff before he can bring the killer, or killers, to justice.
Similar DVD Movies
P.D. James - Death in Holy OrdersWarner Brothers; Release date: 2004-10-12; Published: 2004-10-01; DVD
Best price: $12.81
Price in other shops:
P.D. James: A Mind to MurderKoch International; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $12.57
Price in other shops:
P.D. James - Unnatural CausesKoch International; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $9.23
Price in other shops:
P.D. James - Original SinKoch International; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $10.59
Price in other shops:
P.D. James - The Black TowerKoch International; Release date: 2008-08-05; DVD
Best price: $15.33
Price in other shops:
P.D. James - Cover Her FaceKoch International; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $9.25
Price in other shops:
P.D. James - A Taste for DeathKoch International; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $13.50
Price in other shops:
P.D. James: Devices and DesiresKoch International; Release date: 2008-08-05; DVD
Best price: $13.25
Price in other shops:
P.D. James - A Certain JusticeWgbh Wholesale; Release date: 2005-09-06; DVD
Best price: $10.04
Price in other shops:
P.D. James - Shroud for a NightingaleKoch International; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $16.20
Price in other shops: