Armchair Cinema The Prison (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 74 min | Drama

Armchair Cinema

The Prison (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 74 min | Drama

A successful Paris magazine proprietor embarks on a destructive voyage of self-discovery after his wife shoots dead her own sister, with whom he has had an affair for several years.

Director

David Wickes

Writers

Georges Simenon (novel: "La Prison") | Geoffrey Gilbert (screenplay)

Producer

Geoffrey Gilbert

Cinematographer

Dusty Miller (lighting cameraman)

Editor

Bill Blunden

Casting Director

Dodo Watts

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Updated May 28, 1974

Release date

May 28, 1974 (United Kingdom)

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27 cast members

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Kenneth Griffith Julien Bour Julien Bour See fewer	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
George Murcell Maître Rabut Maître Rabut See fewer	Cutthroat Island (1995)
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Philip Madoc Supt. Roumagne Supt. Roumagne See fewer	The Avengers (1961)
Peter Sallis Benitet Benitet See fewer	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Joyce Heron Mme. Poitaud Mme. Poitaud See fewer	Au Pair Girls (1972)
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Mary Quinn Mme. Martin Mme. Martin See fewer	Thursday Theatre (1964)
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Hal Jeayes Usher Usher See fewer	BBC Play of the Month (1965)
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