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In 1956, the ultra-respectable seaside resort of Eastbourne was shocked when a local doctor, John Bodkin Adams, was arrested for murdering one of his elderly patients.
27 Cast Members
Timothy West
Dr John Bodkin Adams
Jean Anderson
Mrs Langton-Jones
David Arlen
Brixton Warder
Christopher Banks
Male Mourner
Venetia Barrett
Sister Mason-Ellis
Paul Beech
Coroner
Fanny Carby
Nurse Randall
Sylvia Coleridge
Mrs Grantley
David Conville
After Dinner Speaker
Cyril Conway
Clerk of Courts
Nigel Davenport
Supt. Hannam
Stanley Dawson
Insp. Pugh
Anne Dyson
Mrs Smith
Dominic Guard
Lawrence's Janitor
Roberta Hammond
Housekeeper
Joan Henley
Mrs Morrell
Tristram Jellinek
Geoffrey Lawrence
Rosalind Knight
Nurse Stronach
Michael Malnick
Solicitor
Julia McCarthy
Mrs Ford
