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Blade on the Feather (1980)

1h 22m

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Blade on the Feather (1980)

Name: Blade on the Feather
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 1980-10-19

1h 22m

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October 19, 1980
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Plot.

A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer … but both men are more than they claim to be.

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Cast & Crew.

Kika Markham

Linda Cavendish

Phoebe Nicholls

Christabel Cavendish

Donald Pleasence

Professor John Cavendish

Tom Conti

Daniel Young

Denholm Elliott

Jack Hill

Gareth Forwood

Doctor

Richard Loncraine

Director

Dennis Potter

Writer

Bill Weston

Andrew Cartwright

Alvar Liddell

Newsreader

Kenith Trodd

Producer

Peter Hannan

Cinematographer

Jon Costelloe

Editor

Diana Parry

CastingDirector

Details.

Release Date
October 19, 1980

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 22m

Wiki.

Blade on the Feather is a television drama by Dennis Potter, broadcast by ITV on 19 October 1980 as the first in a loosely connected trilogy of plays exploring language and betrayal. A pastiche of the John Le Carré spy thriller and transmitted eleven months after Anthony Blunt was exposed as the 'fourth man', the drama combines two of Potter's major themes: the visitation motif and political disillusionment. The play's title is taken from "The Eton Boating Song".