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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
Patricia Routledge | Hetty Wainthrop | Unowned |
![]() |
Tony Melody | Robert Wainthrop | Unowned |
![]() |
Jimmy Jewel | Frank Cross | Unowned |
![]() |
Jean Heywood | Edith Cross | Unowned |
![]() |
Gary Waldhorn | Bernard Shawcrose | Unowned |
![]() |
Gary Halliday | Geoffrey Shawcross | Unowned |
![]() |
Ram John Holder | Chalky White | Unowned |
![]() |
Jean Kent | Phillida Meadowhite | Unowned |
| Janet Allen | Mrs. Lilium | Unowned | |
![]() |
Andrew Paul | Photographer | Unowned |
![]() |
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 | |
![]() |
Deborah Fairfax | TV Interviewer | Unowned |
| David Credell | Postman | Unowned | |
| Joyce Kennedy | Neighbour | Unowned | |
![]() |
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 |