Chris Petit was a Time Out film critic who's debut was Radio On, a film I hated when I was about 16 (would love to see it again). This is a very well directed adaptation (with Elizabeth McKay and Brian Scobie) of P.D. James' source novel, in which a young woman investigates the suicide of a rich man's son. The sequence in the well is a standout, as is the accidental hanging.
Also a little bit Laura like, as she starts becoming obsessed by the dead man.
Particularly well photographed in painterly tones by Martin Schäfer (former camera operator for Robby Müller), an early editing assignment for Professor Mick Audsley.
Pippa Guard is good in the lead role as feisty investigator. With Billie Whitelaw, Paul Freeman, Dominic Guard, David Horovitch.
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