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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.”
- English
- Clive Donner
- 1978
A villainess concocts a nefarious plot around her stepdaughter and matches wits with an English gentleman adventurer. With Malcolm McDowell and Eileen Atkins...
- 78 min
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Plot. The story is set in the Pyrenees. Chandos, recently widowed, and Mansel have to rescue a drugged young woman who has been held captive at Château Jezreel by the villainous elderly matriarch Vanity Fair.
- Novel
- Dornford Yates
- Chandos books
- An Eye for a Tooth
Can he outwit Vanity and save the girl from the cruel fate that Vanity plans for her? Starring Eileen Atkins, Michael Jayston, Malcolm McDowell, Karen Dotrice, Sarah Badel, Richard Pearson, Freda Jackson. Directed by Clive Donner.
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.
Synopsis. The BBC drama that launched Mystery! on PBS. 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 ...
Tom Sharpe Screenplay. Dornford Yates Novel. Brian Tufano Cinematography. Critics reviews. Related films. 1924: Two English gentlemen join forces to attack Vanity Fair, a villainess of international notoriety, in her fortified chateau in the South of France.
