Ed Begley seems a little lost in all these while Ed Asner seems to get the brief right, just about staying in the right side of hammy. The tone is rather camp, the acting is slightly over the top. This was an expensive BBC and US co production with several American stars.
The men, an Oxford professor, a Harley Street physician, an art dealer and a British aristocrat are conveniently blessed with skills to set up their sting. Four his victims of a stock swindle plot to get their money back from him. Ed Asner plays Metcalfe a ruthless financier and swindler.
This is the book this is apparently based on his own experience as Archer was himself made bankrupt in the 1970s however in light of subsequent events about him I guess I would not readily buy into him being an innocent victim. Jeffrey Archer was so chuffed that the BBC wanted to adapt his first novel that he sold the television rights for one penny.
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