She Fell Among Thieves (1978)
1h 18m
Running Time
March 1, 1978Release Date
She Fell Among Thieves (1978)
1h 18m
Running Time
March 1, 1978Release Date
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Plot.
While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange, Heroes) encounters the villainous Vanity Fair (Eileen Atkins, Cold Mountain). Mistress of the turreted Chateau Jezreel and leader of a motley band of criminals, she will inherit millions if she can force her stepdaughter to marry. Pitting his wits against this formidable adversary, Chandos determines to rescue the beautiful young woman. But Vanity Fair keeps one step ahead of him, a trick forever up her sleeve and murder in her heart.
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Cast & Crew.
Malcolm McDowell
Richard Chandos
Eileen Atkins
Vanity Fair
Michael Jayston
Mansel
Karen Dotrice
Jenny
Sarah Badel
Virginia
Philip Locke
Acorn
Richard Pearson
Father Below
Freda Jackson
Lafone
Bernard Hill
Carson
Ralph Arliss
Bell
Simon Cadell
Candle
Jonathan Lynn
Gaston
Pat Gorman
Jean
Derek Deadman
Luis
Antony Scott
Marc
Tom Sharpe
Screenplay
Chris Lovett
Editor
Brian Tufano
Director of Photography
Dornford Yates
Novel
Clive Donner
Director
John Cameron
Original Music Composer
Mark Shivas
Producer
Elizabeth Moss
Key Makeup Artist
Tony Abbott
Production Design
John C.C. Hale
Sound Mixer
John Bloomfield
Costume Designer
Sue Wyatt
Sound Editor
Fraser Lowden
Production Manager
Alan Cooper
Sound Recordist
Richard Broke
Script Editor
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
She Fell Among Thieves is a 1978 British television film based on the novel of the same name by Dornford Yates, adapted for television by Tom Sharpe. It stars Malcolm McDowell and Eileen Atkins and was directed by Clive Donner. It was first broadcast on BBC2 on Wednesday 1 March 1978 at 9:40 p.m. as “Play of the Week.”
It was one of a series of television films made by the BBC and Donner which focused on British heroes between the wars, others including Rogue Male and The Three Hostages.
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