Deadly Nightcap

Directed by Suzanne Viney

Sarah Radford Fiona Richards

Jenny Curtis Val Smith

Lucy Baker Estelle Hughes

Edward Donnington Michael Griffiths

Kate Warren Fee Stewart

Jack Radford Alan Dester

Anna Truman Michelle Barter

Dr Maurice Young Andrew Murton

Cliff Jordan Peter Watson

Irene Boston Jill Darling

Murder and mystery abound in this thriller from the master of the genre, Francis Durbridge. Initially the plot seems to follow a familiar pattern – a greedy husband plotting to kill his wife, but Deadly Nightcap has more than its fair share of blind alleys.

Jack Radford is managing director of Donnington’s estate agents, a family business inherited by his wife Sarah and her brother Edward. The business is flourishing but there are rumours of dubious dealings.

When Edward returns unexpectedly from Spain, confronting his brother-in-law with the outcome of his investigations there, Jack has to act quickly to stop the truth from surfacing. In order to obtain total control over

Donnington’s, he then drives his wife to the verge of a nervous breakdown, setting up the perfect scenario for her tragic “suicide”. But things go horribly wrong…