Vendetta for a Dead Man

Infobox Television episode
Title = Vendetta for a Dead Man
Series = Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)


Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 24
Airdate = 27 February 1970
Production = 24
Writer = Donald James
Director = Cyril Frankel
Guests = George Sewell
Timothy West
Episode list = List of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)episodes
Prev = The Trouble with Women
Next = You Can Always Find A Fall Guy

Vendetta for a Dead Man is the twenty fouth episode of the popular 1969 ITC British television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 27 February 1970 on the ITV. Directed by Jeremy Summers.

ynopsis

A mad-man escapes from a lunatic asylum almost exactly one year after he was locked up by Marty Hopkirk. Seeking his revenge he finds that Marty has already died but learns that his widow Jeannie Hopkirk is very much alive and has inherited his money. He hunts Jeannie down who at the time was engrossed in a new love interest of her own eventually taking her to some rocky cliffs. There he intended to cast her into the sea exactly one year after he was caught in the same spot. But Jeff is in the nick of time...

Cast

*Mike Pratt as Jeff Randall
*Kenneth Cope as Marty Hopkirk
*Annette Andre as Jeannie Hopkirk
*Ann Castle .... Mrs. Cavallo-Smith
*Henry Davies .... Police Sergeant in Car
*William Dysart .... Police Inspector
*Barrie Ingham .... Emil Cavallo-Smith
*Richard Owens .... Police Sergeant Bodyguard
*Ron Pember .... Fairground Concessionaire
*Colin Rix .... Police Driver
*George Sewell .... Eric Jansen
*Sue Vaughan .... Blonde Girl in Car
*Timothy West .... Sam Grimes

Video and DVD release

The episode was released on VHS and several times on dvd with differing special features.

Trivia

External links

*http://www.anorakzone.com/randall/old/index.html
*http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0682609/