Rent Father Brown: The Man with Two Beards and Other Stories (1974)
3.1 of 5 from 6 ratings
3h 22min
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- Synopsis:
Kenneth More stars as G. K. Chesterton's classic 1920s clergyman-detective Father Brown. When Father Brown's calling as a priest brings him into contact with crime he uses his powers of deduction, keen observation and a knowledge of the darker side of human nature to uncover the truth.
The Man with Two Beards
Father Brown is visiting an old friend Michael Smith. Smith is murdered, a robbery committed and the evidence seems to point straight back to Smith. Father Brown doesn't believe this as Smith was a reformed character - and he sets about proving it.
The Head of CaesarChristabel, an art student has stolen from her brother following their father's death and is being blackmailed by a mysterious false-nosed person. Father Brown comes to her aid when she rushes in to a London bar where he's lunching and makes a confession.
The Arrow of Heaven
Brander Merton, a wealthy art collector is receiving life threatening notes. His niece contacts Father Brown because of his crime-solving reputation which is soon put to the test when Merton is suddenly murdered by a Red Indian arrow.
The Secret Garden
While visiting his American friend in Paris, Father Brown finds himself with a heady problem when, at the end of a dinner party, the decapitated body of a man is discovered in the garden. The host says the case may never be solved but our intrepid sleuth has the answers...- Actors:
- Kenneth More, Joan Benham, Athol Coats, Charles Dance, Rowland Davies, Rosemarie Dunham, Peter Dyneley, Stefan Gryff, Cyril Luckham, Ferdy Mayne, Eileen Waugh, Christopher Crooks, Richard Hurndall, George Roubicek, Antony Scott, Julian Somers, John Normington, Michelle Newell, Eric Longworth, Larry Noble
- Directors:
- Peter Jefferies, Robert Tronson
- Producers:
- Ian Fordyce
- Writers:
- Michael Voysey, Peter Wildeblood, Hugh Leonard, John Portman, G.K. Chesterton
- Studio:
- Acorn Media
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Crimes, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries
