A Mind to Murder (1995) (TV)

Director:

Gareth Davies

Writer:

P.D. James (novel)

Release Date:

2 January 1995 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Investigation | Mental Institution | Murder | Påskekrim

Cast

Roy Marsden	...	Commander Adam Dalgliesh
Mairead Carty	...	DS Sarah Hillier
Sean Scanlan	...	Neil Casey
Robert Pugh	...	DCI John Martin
Peter Tuddenham	...	Priest
Donald Douglas	...	Asst Commissioner Hart
Cal Macaninch	...	Philip Tippett
Ann-Gisel Glass	...	Estelle Challon
Frank Finlay	...	Professor Etherege
Sian Thomas	...	Dr. Saxon
Christopher Ravenscroft	...	Dr. Robert Baguley
Jerome Flynn	...	Peter Nagle
Biddy Hodson	...	Jennifer Priddy
Craig Edwards	...	D.C. Neilson
Suzanne Burden	...	Sister Ambrose

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Filming Locations:

Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

Company:

Anglia Television

Movie Connections:

Follows "The Black Tower" (1985) (mini)

Nothing like the book!

First I have to say that I am a big fan of ADAM DALGLIESH and think Roy Marsden is fabulous in the part. I read this book and loved it. The story begins with Adam at a cocktail party getting called away to investigate the brutal murder at a London Psychiatric Clinic which caters to upper class neurotics. The body of the admin officer is found with a chisel thru her heart. How Dalgliesh uncovers the motive for the killing and the wonderful cast of characters PD James created are all lost in this filmed version. The first thing that they did was change the location from the central area of London to some far remote location that Adam arrives to by helicopter.The characters are very weak and there is none of the suspense of the book. Who writes these screen plays anyway? (obviously they don't bother to read the book) and the ending is so far fetched. If I was PD James I would be very ticked that they made such a hash out of my work.