Jim Dempsey was one of New York's finest. A tough, street-wise cop a man who couldn't be bought. But when a corruption scandal hit the force Dempsey was left out on a limb. That's how he found himself in England, waiting for things to cool down and clashing with the beautiful Harriet Makepeace, Cambridge graduate daughter of an English Lord and chasing a high-flying career at Scotland Yard. Holding them together is their boss, Gordon Spikings, irascible head of SI-10 and not a man to be trifled with. Dempsey and Makepeace may seem like an unlikely duo but together they're dynamite! This complete series set includes new interviews and commentaries with series stars Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, archive interviews and more!
The BFI Flipside presents... THE ORCHARD END MURDER (DVD + Blu-ray) A film by Christian Marnham This latest release from BFI Flipside is the newly remastered rarity - one of a series of British mini-features that shocked UK cinema audiences during the 1970s and early 1980s Set in an idyllic Kent village one balmy summer during the 1960s, this obscure British oddity is a macabre tale of murder and mischief A young woman from the suburbs (Tracy Hyde), bored by a countryside tryst, wanders off to explore her surroundings. When she meets a gnome-like stationmaster and his towering, half-witted railway-worker friend (played by Casualty's Clive Mantle), an initially strange encounter turns sinister among the trees of a nearby orchard. Written and directed by Christian Marnham and shot by Pete Walker's regular cameraman Peter Jessop, The Orchard End Murder is a violent, darkly humorous thriller, unseen since it originally shocked UK cinema audiences as the supporting feature to Gary Sherman's Dead and Buried. Special Features: Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition The Showman (Christian Marnham, 1970, 25 mins): Short documentary about fairground Wild West showman Wally Shufflebottom Christian Marnham on The Orchard End Murder (2017, 38 mins) From Melody to Orchard End Murder: An Interview with Tracy Hyde (2017, 12 mins) An Interview with David Wilkinson (2017, 13 mins) Illustrated booklet with new writing by Josephine Botting and Vic Pratt, along with full film credits
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