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A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.

Top Cast

  • Peter Vaughan

    Peter Vaughan

    Roper

  • John Carson

    John Carson

    Trevor Bayliss

  • Yvonne Romain

    Yvonne Romain

    Janet Dexter

  • Gerald Flood

    Gerald Flood

    Graham Turner

  • Glynn Edwards

    Glynn Edwards

    Inspector Wright

  • John Glyn-Jones

    John Glyn-Jones

    Player

  • Sam Kydd

    Sam Kydd

    Hotel Waiter

  • Penny Morrell

    Penny Morrell

    Helen - Turner's Secretary

  • Deryck Guyler

    Deryck Guyler

    Station Master

Overview

A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.

Rating

7.3 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Mar 28, 2022

    This is quite an interesting yarn about an insurance assessor "Roper" (Peter Vaughan) sent to look into a large claim after a businessman goes missing. Fairly swiftly, he discovers it's really a case of potential murder and his naturally inquisitive, meticulous, nature encourages him to investigate. It's not too long before he is embroiled in a tale of money, debts, adultery and corpse-hunting. It's not exactly the stuff of Hercule Poirot, and the production is all a low-budget affair, but Vaughan carries it all off quite well as he tries to pull together the threads of infidelity and fraud, and with solid supporting contributions from John Carson and Yvonne Romain to keep the waters muddy for a time, it passes an hour effortlessly enough.

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