Written by Anthony Greville-Bell, from an idea by Stanley Mann and John Kohn. Good fun, as hammy Shakespearan actor Vincent Price and his daughter Diana Rigg takes revenge on the theatre critics who've never given him a good notice, aided by a gang of vagrant drunkards (who Q referred to - for eccentric reasons known only to her - as 'the cast'). The critics are Arthur Lowe, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne (soon to become Mrs Price), AMOLAD's Robert Coote, Jack Hawkins, Michael Hordern and Robert Morley. Slightly sad to see this lot relegated to gory victims, as they approach the twilight of their careers. Milo O'Shea and Eric Sykes investigate.
References to plays form ingenious murder methods, best involving Lowe's head and Morley's precious dogs.
Shot by Wolf Suschitsky.
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