The debut of the popular sleuth
4
104 min
During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage. Hetty decides to turn amateur detective to trace him. When this gives her a taste for detection, Hetty decides to set up a private detective agency.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Patricia Routledge | Hetty Wainthrop | Unowned |
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Tony Melody | Robert Wainthrop | Unowned |
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Jimmy Jewel | Frank Cross | Unowned |
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Jean Heywood | Edith Cross | Unowned |
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Gary Waldhorn | Bernard Shawcrose | Unowned |
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Gary Halliday | Geoffrey Shawcross | Unowned |
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Ram John Holder | Chalky White | Unowned |
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Jean Kent | Phillida Meadowhite | Unowned |
Janet Allen | Mrs. Lilium | Unowned | |
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Andrew Paul | Photographer | Unowned |
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Jenna Russell | Jan | Unowned |
Julie Foy | Madge | Unowned | |
Cathy Underwood | Beryl Lilium | Unowned | |
Matthew C. Vaughan | Hairdresser | Unowned | |
Nigel Collins | Betting Shop Manager | Unowned | |
Fran O'Shea | Betting Shop Assistant | Unowned | |
Maureen Lunt | P.C. Alice | Unowned | |
Rosemary Hirst | Myra | Unowned | |
Emma Garner-Clarke | Sheila | Unowned | |
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Deborah Fairfax | TV Interviewer | Unowned |
David Credell | Postman | Unowned | |
Joyce Kennedy | Neighbour | Unowned | |
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Philip Wright | P.C. | Unowned |
Judith Scott | P.C. | Unowned | |
Susie Hawthorne | Young Edith | Unowned | |
Carolyn Dewhirst | Young Hetty | Unowned | |
Tom McGill | Young Frank | Unowned | |
Mary Wray | Edith's Mother | Unowned | |
Luke Branagan | Man In Betting Shop | Unowned |