“The BBC drama that launched Mystery! on PBS.”
While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange, Heroes) encounters the villainous Vanity Fair (Eileen Atkins, Cold Mountain). Mistress of the turreted Chateau Jezreel and leader of a motley band of criminals, she will inherit millions if she can force her stepdaughter to marry. Pitting his wits against this formidable adversary, Chandos determines to rescue the beautiful young woman. But Vanity Fair keeps one step ahead of him, a trick forever up her sleeve and murder in her heart.
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Cast
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Malcolm McDowell
Richard Chandos
Known for
A Clockwork Orange
Halloween
Eileen Atkins
Vanity Fair
Known for
Cold Mountain
Robin Hood
Clive Donner
Mark Shivas
Tom Sharpe
Brian Tufano
Michael Jayston
Mansel
Known for
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nicholas and Alexandra
John Cameron
Also in
The Evil Dead
The Quick and the Dead
Dornford Yates
Karen Dotrice
Jenny
Known for
Mary Poppins
The Gnome-Mobile
Chris Lovett
Sarah Badel
Virginia
Known for
Fingersmith
Not Without My Daughter
Clive Donner Director · Tom Sharpe Screenplay Dornford Yates Author
United States release February 5, 1980 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
BBC
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · March 1, 1978
TV
United States · February 5, 1980
TV
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