Plot
London based petty crook, Eddie Cass agrees to pick up a package and courier it across the capital. When nobody answers the door at the drop off address Eddie opens the package and finds a woman’s severed head in a hatbox. He panics and dumps it in the River Thames. Returning home Cass is kidnapped by the mysterious Eldridge and his heavies who inform Eddie that he has been framed for the murder.
Cast
Denis Lawson
as Eddie Cass
Lindsay Duncan
as Dana Cass
George Baker
as Eldridge
Simon Callow
as Hugo Silver
Norman Beaton
as Caractacus
James Warwick
as Lord Clive Ludlow
Don Henderson
as Detective Inspector Malcolm
Susannah Bunyan
as Jill
Tacy Kneale
as Sandra
Ellen Sheean
as Mrs Epworth