When the Spirit Moves You
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“When the Spirit Moves You” | |
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Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 16 |
Guest stars | Kieron Moore Michael Gothard Anton Rodgers Richard Kerley |
Written by | Donald James |
Directed by | Robert Tronson |
Production no. | 16 |
Original airdate | 4 January 1969 |
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When the Spirit Moves You is the sixteenth episode of the popular 1969 ITC British television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 28 December 1969 on the ITV. Directed by Robert Tronson.
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[edit] Synopsis
Jeff becomes involved with a bumbling alcoholic conman named Bream and a stash of $125,000 of stolen bonds from the United States that a criminal racket are after. Jeff goes ahead with a deal to exchange the bonds that he and Bream have for $125,000 of the criminal racket's cash. When Jeff and Bream manage to double cross them they turn the tables and come within seconds of blowing up Jeff with the safe that he deposited the money in.
[edit] Overview
In this episode Marty finds that he is able to commnicate with the alcoholic conman Bream (Anton Rodgers) but only when he is very drunk from whisky. This is also one of the first episodes where Marty physically threatens to haunt somebody as a traditional ghost would, to force him to give Jeff a helping hand.
[edit] Cast
- Mike Pratt as Jeff Randall
- Kenneth Cope as Marty Hopkirk
- Annette Andre as Jeannie Hopkirk
- Penny Brahms .... Girl in Luxury Flat
- Peter J. Elliott .... Wilks
- Michael Gothard .... Perrin
- Richard Kerley .... Sgt. Hinds
- Reg Lye .... Manny
- Anthony Marlowe .... Cranley
- Kieron Moore .... Miklos Corri
- Bill Reed .... Parkin
- Anton Rodgers .... Calvin P. Bream
[edit] Video and DVD release
The episode was released on VHS and several times on dvd with differing special features.