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A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has high hopes of recapturing his memories of an idyllic English village life after a lifetime of meting out justice in the Far East. But instead of peace and quiet, he is greeted by violence, voodoo and a distressed damsel, brandishing a shotgun. Worst of all, the ghost of his old flame, Edith, still haunts him, threatening both his marriage and his life.Read moreLess
A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has high hopes of recapturing his memories of an idyllic English village life after a lifetime of meting out justice in the Far East. But instead of peace and quiet, he is greeted by violence, voodoo and a distressed damsel, brandishing a shotgun. Worst of all, the ghost of his old flame, Edith, still haunts him, threatening both his marriage and his life.
The story
A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has high hopes of recapturing his memories of an idyllic English village life after a lifetime of meting out justice in the Far East. But instead of peace and quiet, he is greeted by violence, voodoo and a distressed damsel, brandishing a shotgun. Worst of all, the ghost of his old flame, Edith, still haunts him, threatening both his marriage and his life.
Cast & crew
Leslie PhillipsGeorge Thacker
Margaret TyzackMarjorie Thacker
Graham CrowdenHumphrey Folland
Freda DowieEdith Folland
Stephen MooreBernard Hadon Smith
Celia ImrieAnn Hadon Smith
Philip JacksonBen Royce
Selina CadellLizzie Royce
Andrew TiernanDavey Royce
Samantha BondGinny Morgan
John McArdleMartin Strickland
John McEneryReg FaulknerExplore the crew
- Director
- Richard Spence
- Writer
- Tony McNabb
- Producer
- Hilary Salmon
- Original Music Composer
- John Du Prez