Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. 'Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?' she muses. Clarissa has her chance to find out when she discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent.
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
12 people
Penelope Keith
Clarissa Hailsham-Brown
Known for
Death Comes to Pemberley
Robert Flemyng
Sir Rowland Delahaye
Known for
Funny Face
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Thorley Walters
Hugo Birch
Known for
Vampire Circus
Frankenstein Created Woman
Holly Aird
Pippa Hailsham-Brown
Known for
Hijack
A Discovery of Witches
Elizabeth Spriggs
Mildred Peake
Known for
Sense and Sensibility
Lady Chatterley's Lover
David Yelland
Jeremy Warrender
Known for
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Chariots of Fire
John Barcroft
Inspector Lord
Also in
The Forsyte Saga
Morons from Outer Space
Jonathan Newth
Henry Hailsham-Brown
Known for
The Affair of the Necklace
Brian Protheroe
Oliver Costello
Known for
North & South
Hampstead
David Crosse
Elgin
Also in
Second Verdict
The Duchess of Duke Street
Mark Draper
Constable Jones
Also in
Knights Electric
Wet Job
Lee Fox
Doctor
Also in
A Clockwork Orange
Love, I Think
Basil Coleman Director · Agatha Christie Author Howard Billingham Editor
First release December 26, 1982 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production BBC Film
Production
BBC
Production
BBC Film
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 26, 1982
TV
No release date listed for United States.
More from Basil Coleman
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Spider's Web
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.