ITV Playhouse Rogues' Gallery: The Lives and Crimes of Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard (Season 1, Episode 21)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

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Rogues' Gallery: The Lives and Crimes of Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard (Season 1, Episode 21)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

Jack Sheppard is a working-class thief, whilst Jonathan Wild is thief-taker to the crown, the country's most senior law-enforcement officer. But which one is the greater criminal?

Director

David Cunliffe

Writer

Peter Wildeblood

Producer

Peter Wildeblood

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 19, 1968

Release date

Feb 19, 1968 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

3 wins & 6 nominations

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
Barbara Couper Mrs. Plucker Mrs. Plucker See fewer	Doctor Knock (1961)
Ronald Fraser Jonathan Wild Jonathan Wild See fewer	The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Nicky Henson Amos Wild Amos Wild See fewer	Syriana (2005)
Leslie Anderson Mr. Rust Mr. Rust See fewer	Sacred Ground (1983)
Robert Fyfe Ratface Ratface See fewer	Cloud Atlas (2012)
Ricky Alleyne Erasmus Erasmus See fewer	Six Days of Justice (1972)
Aidan Turner Old man in prison Old man in prison See fewer	The Saint (1962)
Sandra Downs Girl in prison Girl in prison See fewer	The Corridor People (1966)
Hannah Gordon Letitia Wild Letitia Wild See fewer	The Elephant Man (1980)
Michael Ward Milliner Milliner See fewer	The Frightened Man (1952)
Barbara Laurenson Lady Gullible Lady Gullible See fewer	Crown Court (1972)
Ron Pember Wild's clerk (as Ronald Pember) Wild's clerk (as Ronald Pember) See fewer	The Invisible Man (1984)
Brian Coburn Wild's footman Wild's footman See fewer	Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Brian Pollitt Field Field See fewer	Kidnapped (1978)
Paul Shelley Jack Sheppard Jack Sheppard See fewer	Macbeth (1971)
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Harry Littlewood Landlord Landlord See fewer	A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
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Janette DuBarry Mrs. Fitzgerald Mrs. Fitzgerald See fewer	ITV Playhouse (1967)
Fanny Rowe Mrs. Dodd Mrs. Dodd See fewer	The Mulberry Accelerator (1955)
Peter Stephens Mr. Morrow Mr. Morrow See fewer	The Corridor People (1966)
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David Ellison Gaoler Gaoler See fewer	Juliet Bravo (1980)
Geraldine Moffat Edgworth Bess Edgworth Bess See fewer	Get Carter (1971)
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