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(ITC Movie title "Mirror Of Deception")
Original UK transmission: 10th May 1975
Original US transmission: 12th May 1975
WRITTEN BY: Brian Clemens
DIRECTED BY: John Scholz-Conway
PRODUCED BY: Ian Fordyce
MAIN CAST: James Maxwell (Carter), Kim Darby (Helen), Keith
Barron (Charley Masters), Julian Glover (Gifford), Susan Dury
(Babs Bryant), Gillian Hawser (Babs Two), John Abineri (Inspector
Bruff), Bruce Boa (Hanley), Janina Faye (Wendy Phillips), Martin
Read (Timothy Bryant), Reg Lye (Caretaker), Peter Hill (Filing
Clerk), Julie Crosthwait (Tall Blonde), Annette Woollett (Wendy
Two), Christina Palmer (Helen Two), Karl Held (Security Guard)
Teaser
Sequence
The camera pans across a large
garden where a man is busy digging, while a girl looks on with
interest from the house. Inside, a distinguished-looking man is
listening to pop music through headphones; he opines "I will
never see it as decadent - Western music - brash,
certainly...occasionally mindless...but certainly not
decadent." The girl at the window asks what the man in the
garden is doing, to which her companion replies casually,
"Oh, he's digging a grave for you my dear."
Plot
Summary
A girl living with two female
flatmates lands what appears to be an exciting and well paid job
when she answers a prominent ad in the local newspaper. The other
two watch enviously as she is swept off abroad, but after several
weeks without any contact the same ad re-appears in the paper and
they conclude that she has been dismissed. Babs tries for the job
and is successful, but when she too disappears without word the
remaining girl Helen becomes suspicious. When she encounters a
girl posing as Babs working in the embassy, Helen feels certain
that her friends have met with foul play.Despite her new husband
Charley's blatant dismissal of her concerns, Helen pursues her
theories. Then, one day, the pesky newspaper ad returns and Helen
decides to apply for the job herself...
Comments
An engaging story of high espionage impinging on everyday people,
this top episode gives away its secrets in the first few minutes
and then leaves the viewer to sit back and simply enjoy watching
the central character discover the answers for herself. As usual,
the action unfolds with such precision that there is scarcely a
dull moment. Julian Glover's menacing character Gifford is
particularly memorable. Not to be missed.
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