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15/01/1986 Drama 0h 50m
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4 PART BBC DRAMA BY HOWARD BRENTON

Overview

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.

Top billed cast

  1. Denis Lawson

    Eddie Cass

  2. George Baker

    Eldridge

  3. Simon Callow

    Hugo Silver

  4. Lindsay Duncan

    Dana Cass

  5. Norman Beaton

    Caractacus

  6. Susannah Bunyan

    Jill

  7. Larrington Walker

    Stoker

  8. Winston Crooke

    Clyde

  9. Forbes Collins

    Benny

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Current Season

Season 1

 1986 | 4 Episodes

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.

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Dead Head

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