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Dead Head

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Dead Head

4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON

5.4

1986

“4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON”

Synopsis

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, 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.

Created By

Howard Brenton

Drama

miniseries

Cast & Crew

Denis Lawson

Denis Lawson

as Eddie Cass

George Baker

George Baker

as Eldridge

Simon Callow

Simon Callow

as Hugo Silver

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