This neat, intense drama, labelled “a fable for television”, stars Tom Bell as the scruffy, childlike Michael Biddle, who is invited in from the cold of a suburban street by sexually frustrated, bored housewife Cynthia, played by Christine Hargreaves. He declares that he’s an angel, and Cynthia needs an angel, but in a way Michael fears...
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Tom Bell
Known for
Holocaust
Prime Suspect
Christine Hargreaves
Known for
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Susan Richards
Known for
Village of the Damned
Erik Chitty
Known for
The Vault of Horror
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Barry Cookson
Beryl Cooke
Also in
Century Falls
Happy Ever After
Godfrey James
Known for
At the Earth's Core
The Land That Time Forgot
John Glyn-Jones
Known for
Two-Way Stretch
Kenneth Ives
Known for
The Lion in Winter
Denise Buckley
Also in
The Prisoner
The Fortunes of Nigel
Dorothea Rundle
Also in
The Double
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Gareth Davies Director · Dennis Potter Writer Ken Pearce Editor
First release November 5, 1970 · Produced in United Kingdom
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BBC
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 5, 1970
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No release date listed for United States.
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