Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 307 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation, Dolby Digital. |
Note |
Title from menu. |
Cast |
Kenneth More, Dennis Burgess, Rachel Gurney, John Stratton, David Savile, Bernard Lee, Penelope Horner, Maxwell Shaw, Christopher Benjamin, Charlotte Mitchell, Bill Maynard, Megs Jenkins, Anthony Allen, David Lodge, Rosalind Ayres, John Normington, Elsie Randolph, Angela Douglas, Mike Pratt, John Phillips, David Healy, Cyril Luckham, Ferdy Mayne, Joan Benham, Peter Dyneley. |
Credits |
Cameraman, Tony Mander (episodes 3, 5) ; editor, Stanley Staffe (episode 3), Glen Cardno (episode 5) ; music, Jack Parnell. |
Note |
Based on the Father Brown stories by G.K. Chesterton. |
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Originally broadcast on television in 1974. |
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Contains 6 episodes from the television series. |
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"Licensed by Granada International Media Limited"--Disc label. |
Summary |
Father Brown is a seemingly distracted and even a bit dotty priest. He always manages to confound criminals with his keen observations and inescapable logic. He prefers to go unnoticed, dismissed as irrelevant. That is until the moment of truth arrives and he unravels the most devious criminal schemes. |
Contents |
Disc 1. [episode 1] The actor and the alibi / adapted by Hugh Leonard ; director, Robert Tronson. [episode 2] The quick one / adapted by Hugh Leonard ; produced and directed by Ian Fordyce. [episode 3] The man with two beards / adapted by Michael Voysey ; director, Peter Jefferies -- disc 2. [episode 4] The head of Caesar / adapted by Peter Wildeblood ; director, Robert Tronson. [episode 5] The arrow of Heaven / adapted by John Portman ; director, Robert Tronson. [episode 6] The secret garden / adapted by Hugh Leonard ; director, Peter Jefferies. |
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Special features: G.K. Chesterton bio; cast filmographies. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Brown, Father (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Drama.
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Detective and mystery plays -- England.
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Criminal behavior -- England -- Drama.
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Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 -- Film adaptations.
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Criminal psychology -- England -- Drama.
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England -- Drama.
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Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 -- Adaptations -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Television programs.
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Foreign television programs -- England.
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Detective and mystery television programs.
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Television adaptations.
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Added Author |
Fordyce, Ian, 1931-1988.
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Leonard, Hugh.
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Voysey, Michael.
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Wildeblood, Peter, 1923-1999.
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Portman, John Calvin, television writer.
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Jefferies, Peter (Television director)
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Tronson, Robert.
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More, Kenneth, 1914-1982.
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Burgess, Dennis.
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Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936.
Short stories. Selections.
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Gurney, Rachel, 1920-2001.
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Lee, Bernard, 1908-1981.
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Horner, Penelope.
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Maynard, Bill, 1928-
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Jenkins, Megs, 1917-1998.
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Lodge, David, 1921-2003.
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Ayres, Rosalind.
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Phillips, John, 1914-1995.
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Healy, David, 1929-1995.
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Luckham, Cyril, 1907-1989.
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Mayne, Ferdy, 1916-1998.
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Benham, Joan, 1918-1981.
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Dyneley, Peter, 1921-1977.
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Mander, Tony.
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Parnell, Jack, 1923-2010.
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ATV Network (Firm)
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Granada Media (Firm)
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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Added Title |
The actor and the alibi.
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The quick one.
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The man with two beards.
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The head of Caesar.
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The arrow of heaven.
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The secret garden.
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Standard No. |
054961969197 |
Music No. |
AMP-9691 Acorn Media |
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