Ruth Rendell Mysteries Talking to Strange Men (Season 6, Episode 12)
TV-14
TV Episode | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Talking to Strange Men (Season 6, Episode 12)

TV-14

TV Episode | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

John Creevey has recently separated from his wife Jennifer and is still obsessed with her and Peter Mullin, the new man in her life. Many years ago his sister Cherry had been murdered and her fiancé, Mark Simms, now John's best friend, had...See moreJohn Creevey has recently separated from his wife Jennifer and is still obsessed with her and Peter Mullin, the new man in her life. Many years ago his sister Cherry had been murdered and her fiancé, Mark Simms, now John's best friend, had been the prime suspect. When the police reopen the case and Simms is again under suspicion, John begins to doubt his friend's innocence, until Mark tells him of sordid details about Cherry's promiscuous past - and her relationship with Peter Mullin. When John discovers a series of coded messages hidden beneath a railway bridge, he throws himself into solving them, as a way of taking his mind off Jennifer. He believes that he has uncovered the communications of a gang of terrorists, not realising that it is just schoolboys at rival public schools, playing at being spies. To punish Peter Mullin for breaking up his marriage, and wrongly suspecting that he may have killed Cherry, he plants a coded message for the "terrorists", ordering them to "eliminate" Peter. In doing so he unwittingly sets in motion a chilling meeting between Peter Mullin and one of the schoolboys, Charles Mabledene, which reveals some very unsavoury things about Mullin's feelings towards young boys... Written by Anonymous See less

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28 cast members

Name	Known for
John Duttine John Creevey John Creevey See fewer	To Serve Them All My Days (1980)
Mel Martin Jennifer Creevey Jennifer Creevey See fewer	White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
Ralph Brown Peter Mullin Peter Mullin See fewer	Withnail & I (1987)
Nicholas Haley Mungo Cameron Mungo Cameron See fewer	Dead Ringers (1988)
Harmage Singh Kalirai Sikh Sikh See fewer	Mischief Night (2006)
Adrian Ross Magenty Angus Cameron (as Adrian Ross-Magenty) Angus Cameron (as Adrian Ross-Magenty) See fewer	Howards End (1992)
Miles Anderson Mark Simms Mark Simms See fewer	The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Elspeth Charlton Dr. Lucy Cameron Dr. Lucy Cameron See fewer	Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia (2012)
Basil Moss Dr. Fergus Cameron Dr. Fergus Cameron See fewer	UFO (1970)
Trevor Cooper DCI Fordwych DCI Fordwych See fewer	Star Cops (1987)
Abigail McKern WDC Susan Aubrey WDC Susan Aubrey See fewer	Angels (1975)
Justin Chadwick Gavin Gavin See fewer	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Corrin Helliwell Les Les See fewer	Screen One (1985)
Josephine Clarke Sharon Sharon See fewer	Inspector Morse (1987)
Sara Griffiths Penelope - Librarian Penelope - Librarian See fewer	A Likeness in Stone (2000)
Richard Williams Graham O'Neill Graham O'Neill See fewer	The Treasure Seekers (1961)
Robert Jones Charles Mabledene Charles Mabledene See fewer	Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
Alastair Haley Patrick Crashaw Patrick Crashaw See fewer	Vanity Fair (1987)
Val Lorraine Woman with Cat Woman with Cat See fewer	Leap in the Dark (1973)
Anthony Lowe Prefect Prefect See fewer	Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
Geoffrey Greenhill Vic Mabledene Vic Mabledene See fewer	Boon (1986)
Susan Tracy Gloria Mabledene Gloria Mabledene See fewer	The Stars Look Down (1974)
Keeley Hawes Sarah Mabledene Sarah Mabledene See fewer	Bodyguard (2018)
Jonathan R. Scott Nigel Hobhouse (as Jonathan Bancroft) Nigel Hobhouse (as Jonathan Bancroft) See fewer	Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)
Antony Patience Desk Sergeant Desk Sergeant See fewer	Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
Jane Evers Female Administrator Female Administrator See fewer	Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Leslie O'Hara Distraught Woman Distraught Woman See fewer	Guiding Light (1952)
Nigel Burwood TV Newscaster TV Newscaster See fewer	Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)