Kill Two
Birds
(ITC Movie title "Cry Terror")
Original UK transmission: 8th May 1976
Original US transmission: 28th October 1975
WRITTEN BY: Brian Clemens
DIRECTED BY: Robert Tronson
PRODUCED BY: Ian Fordyce
MAIN CAST: David Daker (Charlie Draper), Dudley Sutton
(Gadder), Bob Hoskins (Sammy Draper), Susan Hampshire (Sally),
Gabrielle Drake (Tracy), Rita Giovannini (Carrie Draper), Stephen
Yardley (Tosher), Bunny May (Freddie), John Flanagan (Wilson),
Donald Morley (Dexter), John Bailey (Kemp), Granville Saxton
(Farrow), William Hoyland (Turner), Christopher Ellison (Denver),
Dawn Perllman (Hairdresser)
Teaser
Sequence
From behind the wheel of a
car, a man can be seen making his way through town by bus.
Entering a flat, he shouts out "Charlie's home and Charlie's
rich!" only to find the occupant laid out dead on a bed. At
this point several thugs appear demanding to know where he has
hidden the money he stole ten years earlier, but Charlie manages
to escape by diving through a window and into the street, where
he is pursued frantically by the murderers. An anonymous figure
wearing a gold watch looks on from behind the scenes, and as the
men disappear down a back street he lets himself into the flat
and takes a look around. Finding the dead body, he quickly
doubles back the way he came and the camera pans up to a bird
sitting in its cage.
Plot
Summary
Charlie Draper has barely been
released from prison when he is set upon by a gang of organised
criminals intent on having the money he stole in a bank raid
years earlier. Draper escapes into the country and heads for the
cafe/garage owned by his brother Sammy, but the murderous Gadder
and his henchmen manage to pick up the trail and follow in
pursuit. Meanwhile, two female tourists arrive at the cafe when
their car breaks down, and are thrown into a terrifying ordeal
when Gadder shows up searching for Draper.
Comments
Although she received top billing in a TV Times feature
at the time of this story, Susan Hampshire really has little to
do in this excellent suspense thriller. The real stars are David
Daker and Dudley Sutton as the two charismatic but opposing
criminals Draper and Gadder. Sutton is particularly memorable as
the incredibly sardonic Gadder, who seems to command complete
loyalty from his henchmen without ever looking as though he's
paying the slightest attention. Bob Hoskins makes an early
appearance. This was probably the most richly-budgeted Thriller
episode ever, with an enormous amount of day and night location
filming.
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