DVD : The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries - Speedy Death
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781593750053
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1593750056
Label: WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer: WGBH BOSTON
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: WGBH BOSTON
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 62835
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Theatrical Release Date: March 07, 1999
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Multi-award winner Diana Rigg (Rebecca, The Avengers) stars as stylish sleuth Mrs. Adela Bradley in this sophisticated 1920s whodunit filled with blackmail, a shooting, and plenty of devious twists and turns.
Mrs. Bradley, with her trusty chauffeur George (Neil Dudgeon), arrives at Chayning Court for the engagement party of her god-daughter, Eleanor Bing. Later that evening, Eleanor’s fiancé is found dead in the bath. The police are called in and conclude that his death was nothing more than a tragic accident.
Mrs. Bradley is not so easily satisfied–why was there water on both sides of the bath, why was the window open, and why was the door unlocked? While the rest of the household attends the funeral, Mrs. Bradley launches her own investigation, using her prodigious charm and wit to help the local police catch a killer.
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This free adaptation of Gladys Mitchell's classic crime novel Speedy Death as a vehicle for a full-blooded performance by Diana Rigg as the louche 1920s analyst Mrs. Bradley is a splendid piece of period drama with an intriguing puzzle at its heart. Mrs. Bradley attends the engagement party of her crippled goddaughter Eleanor, only to find the home of her old beau, Eleanor's father Bing (John Alderson), a hotbed of intrigue and sudden death. Eleanor's unsatisfactory fiancé Everard is found drowned in the bath after quarrelling with the former suitor whose bad driving crippled Eleanor; someone tries to shoot the fiancée of Eleanor's brother Gorde. Full of memorable characters like the sinister housekeeper Mrs. McNamara (Lynda Baron), Speedy Death is an impressive feature-length curtain-raiser to a popular series. For once, a detective has to investigate a crime where she has something seriously at stake--her sense of her own past and her own friends. --Roz Kaveney
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Never received it. Company said it was a damaged disk, and said that a refund was issued. I got no email from Amazon to verify that.
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Scrumptious country house murder with fabulous costumes and twists everywhere. A sit back and sip your tea kind of show.
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"The countryside? A place where the birds and animals wander about uncooked." That's Mrs. Adela Bradley speaking. The place is a large country manor home. The time is the 1920s. And the who include an old friend of Mrs. Bradley, the wealthy Alastair Bing; his daughter Eleanor, who is Mrs. Bradley's god-daughter, confined to a wheelchair since an auto accident two years earlier and who will come into a fortune when she marries; Eleanor's fiancee, Everard Mountjoy; his son, Garde; Garde's best friend (who was driving when Eleanor was crippled), Bertie Philipson; and Garde's house guest, Dorothy Manners. Of course, there are assorted servants as well as Mrs. Bradley's chauffeur, George Moody (Neil Dudgeon). George is big, capable man who dislikes boredom as much as Mrs. Bradley does.
Adela Bradley (Diana Rigg) is a wealthy woman of a certain age, a divorcee, a psychoanalyst, a catcher of criminals, a woman who drives about in a Rolls Royce, enjoys cocktails, is skeptical about many things, especially love and husbands, and who some might say is, in one of the great descriptive words of the Twenties, louche. "I'm never entirely sure if I'm famous or notorious," she confides to us in one of her asides spoken into the camera. "Someone once said famous is to live in poverty and end up as a statue. Naturally, I prefer to be notorious."
Little does Mrs. Bradley realize that during her weekend at the Bing estate, where Eleanor's engagement to Mountjoy will be ... Read More
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So glad to have stumbled upon such a classic and, at the same time, entertaining sleuth! Dame Diana Rigg stars in this first installment of the PBS Mystery! series as the rich and sophisticated Mrs. Adela Bradley, based on the character created by Gladys Mitchell.
The action takes place in the coziest - and most adept to murder - of British places: a country estate, belonging to the rich Bing family. John Alderton stars as Adela's old flame and Master of the Estate. Although they both have taken different paths and married other partners, they have remained old friends, and Adela was chosen as his daughter Ellenor's (a.k.a. "Mouse", played by Emma Fielding) godmother. The reason for Adela's visit to the estate is precisely Mouse's engagement party. So, after attending the funeral of her ex-husband - and arriving late for it, Adela heads to the Bing Estate, driven in her Rolls Royce by her fervent admirer and trustworthy chauffeur, George Moody (played by Neil Dudgeon). Her presence comes in handy too, when the groom is found dead in the bathtub... and the big surprise is not particularly his death, but something physical about him - and it has nothing to do with the attraction to the bride, who has been paralyzed for the past two years due to an unfortunate accident. But in bringing the murderer to justice, Adela must face a personal crossroads that not even her very unique cynicism can hide.
This pilot allows us to discover and get a taste for more mysteries ... Read More
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Dame Diana Rigg, best known as thoroughly independent Emma Peel of THE AVENGERS, stars here as Adela Bradley, a thoroughly idenpendent woman of the '20's. Adela has been married but has managed to 'correct the error', and now has embraced the new study of psychology applying it to solve the various crimes that seem to happen around her.
Adela has been invited to her god-daughter, Eleanor's engagement party. The young woman's life had been filled with tragedy; her mother's early death, and then a car accident that has left Eleanor confined to a wheelchair. Finally it seems that life is beginning to improve for the young woman, Adela is introduced to the fiance, a charming young man, all is well until the groom to be is found dead in the bath. An event that is shocking for more than one reason! Still all involved conclude that it is an unfortunate accident (or perhaps a fortunate one) all except for Adela that is.
Soon there are more matters that bear looking into, a shooting, blackmail and some interesting actions that are not quite what they seem. Naturally Adela sorts things out in the end if not quite to the satisfaction of all.
The characters are delightful, particularly Mrs Bradley who is given to wry asides to the camera. The relationship between Adela and her chauffeur George is introduced but not explained, leaving the viewer to wonder just what, if anything is going on between the two. This is very much in the style of the 'cozy' ... Read More
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