Anna Lee: Headcase (1993) (TV)

Regisseur:

Colin Bucksey

Drehbuchautoren:

Liza Cody (novel)
Andrew Davies (writer)

Premierendatum:

10. Januar 1993 (UK)

Genre:

Krimi

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Female Detective | Missing Person | Private Detective | TV Series Pilot | Based On Novel

Nutzerkommentare:

Sassy young detective heroine in an era of dried old sticks

Besetzung

Imogen Stubbs	...	Anna Lee
Alan Howard	...	Mr. Hahn
Michael Bryant	...	Commander Martin Brierly
Barbara Leigh-Hunt	...	Beryl Doyle
Ken Stott	...	Bernie Schiller
Kate Beckinsale	...	Thea Hahn
Brian Glover	...	Selwyn Price
Shirley Anne Field	...	Mrs. Westerman
Richard Dempsey	...	Sam Tulloch
Clive Merrison	...	Mr. Emburey
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Dr. Frank
David Harewood	...	Stevie Johnson
Roger Lloyd-Pack	...	Desk Clerk
Eoin McCarthy	...	Quex
Robin Soans	...	Dr. Stickle

Länge:

120 Min (including commercials)

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Drehorte:

London, England, UK

Firma:

London Weekend Television (LWT)

Dialogzitate:

Selwyn Price: That's a disgustingly short skirt, if I may say so.
Anna Lee: Gosh, thanks!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Gefolgt von "Anna Lee" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Sister Sister

Sassy young detective heroine in an era of dried old sticks

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This was a very nice pilot to a series which went on to disappoint. In an era of TV detectives from the dotty old dears stable or Columbo on his last legs it was a treat to be offered a sassy, peppy and quite gorgeous heroine in the shape of Imogen Stubbs. Anna Lee is a rather disorganised but determined London girl in search of a glamorous life as a private detective only to find herself in the employ of a stuffy old boss (Michael Bryant: brilliant) and working with a gang of has-beens on a routinely dull missing person's case. Needless to say Colin Bucksey takes the Liza Cody novel and quickly brings the story to life and engages the characters and plot at a spirited pace with both humour and charm from Miss Stubbs et al. When the missing girl Thea, (played by a remarkably young Kate Beckinsale) shows up without too much trouble the detective work really begins: leading us on a darkening trail of seduction, abuse and murder.