The Draughtsman's Contract

Synopsis

R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer.

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Cast

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  Anthony Higgins
  Mr. Neville

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  Janet Suzman
  Virginia Herbert

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  Dave Hill
  Herbert

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  Alastair G. Cumming
  Philip - Mr. Neville's assistant (as Alastair Cummings)

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  Anne-Louise Lambert
  Sarah Talmann

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  Hugh Fraser
  Mr. Talmann

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  Neil Cunningham
  Thomas Noyes

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  David Meyer
  Poulenc Brother

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  Tony Meyer
  Poulenc Brother

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  Nicholas Amer
  Mr Parkes

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  Suzan Crowley
  Mrs Pierpont

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  Lynda La Plante
  Mrs Clement

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  Michael Feast
  The Statue

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  David Gant
  Seymour

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  Steve Ubels
  Hoyten

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  Ben Kirby
  Augustus

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  Sylvia Rotter
  Governess

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  Kate Doherty
  Maid