An impassive Irish woman asks Marker to find her wandering husband. The woman is staying at an expensive hotel with a large Irishman played by Terence Rigby. The two befriend an elderly American couple. Accents waver, especially Rigby's - he is supposed to be involved in the mob in the States, and comes on like a movie gangster with a black trilby and trench coat. He is undeniably menacing, however. (And didn't he play a biker/conman in an early Brighton episode?) The elderly American lady is played by Bessie Love, a star of the silent era once memorably photographed sitting in front of a tortoise stove wearing nothing but high heels and an Eton crop.
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The Beater and the Game
Prismark1019 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
A nervous Irish woman asks Frank Marker to find her husband who left her. They used to live up north but she has found out that he is now living in Windsor.
Marker smells a rat. The woman does not seem to know much about her husband and she doesn't even have a proper photograph of him.
Marker finds the husband easily enough. He helped Marker solve a crossword puzzle but Marker thinks he is being used. He goes to DI Firbank for help when he finds out that the husband used to be in the police force.
Scots actor Tom Watson plays the ex copper Smeaton. He does a decent Yorkshire accent. A man who took a bribe and did not deliver on it. His life has hit tragedy. His son died and his wife was left disabled in a truck accident.
Smeaton finds solace in a boxing club he runs for youths and is having an affair with a young woman.
Terence Rigby plays an Irish American gangster called Gorman. His brother has died in prison, Smeaton put him away when he was given money to get his brother off. Now Gorman wants revenge.
Gorman offers Smeaton a chance to have a final cigarette and then realises that Smeaton's life is a living hell. His wife hates him and wants Smeaton dead.
Rigby has a wavering accent and I have no idea why he was made to be Irish/American. I also wondered why Marker passed up a chance to take payment in advance when he knew the Irish woman was up to no good.
Marker smells a rat. The woman does not seem to know much about her husband and she doesn't even have a proper photograph of him.
Marker finds the husband easily enough. He helped Marker solve a crossword puzzle but Marker thinks he is being used. He goes to DI Firbank for help when he finds out that the husband used to be in the police force.
Scots actor Tom Watson plays the ex copper Smeaton. He does a decent Yorkshire accent. A man who took a bribe and did not deliver on it. His life has hit tragedy. His son died and his wife was left disabled in a truck accident.
Smeaton finds solace in a boxing club he runs for youths and is having an affair with a young woman.
Terence Rigby plays an Irish American gangster called Gorman. His brother has died in prison, Smeaton put him away when he was given money to get his brother off. Now Gorman wants revenge.
Gorman offers Smeaton a chance to have a final cigarette and then realises that Smeaton's life is a living hell. His wife hates him and wants Smeaton dead.
Rigby has a wavering accent and I have no idea why he was made to be Irish/American. I also wondered why Marker passed up a chance to take payment in advance when he knew the Irish woman was up to no good.
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