Deep and Crisp and Stolen
Deep and Crisp and Stolen is a 1964 British television play by Dave Freeman directed by Ronald Marriott. It was a Christmas season "special" featuring many cameos from British television stars of the time and aired on 21 December 1964.
According to BFI Screenoline "the audience-pleasing focus of the play being the guest appearance of Detective Chief-Superintendent Lockhart (played by Raymond Francis), the hero of ITV's popular police drama No Hiding Place (1959-67)."[1]
The play was described by the Western Daily Press as a "cracking good comedy."[2]
The Birmingham Evening Mail called it "hardly the hilarious thing it seemed intended to be."[3]
The Guardian said it was "mostly rubbish".[4] The Daily Telegraph declared it was "a very entertaining piece of nonsense."[5]
The show was the seventeenth most popular program of the year on British television with an audience of 7.46 million.[6]
Premise[edit]
A gang of thieves rob a West End department store on Christmas Eve.
Cast[edit]
- Raymond Francis as Chief Det. Supt. Tom Lockhart / Percy Turner
- Dennis Price as William
- Maggie Fitzgibbon as Leoni
- Robert Dorning as Manager
- George Moon as Ted
- Muriel Young as WP Sgt. Saunders
- Joan Hickson as Mrs. Caley
- Arthur Mullard as PC Muldoon
- Dennis Lotis as Bryant
- Grant Taylor as Bluey
- Frances Guthrie as Miss Burton
- Tony Quinn as Dooley
- Jack Cunningham as 1st Landlord
- John Quayle as Space pilot
- Margaret Nolan as Space hostess
- James Copeland as Security man Tom
- Jack Lynn as Security Sergeant
Guests[edit]
- Patrick Allen
- Gerald Flood
- Keith Fordyce
- Jimmy Hanley
- Sam Kydd
- Cathy McGowan
- Michael Miles
- Laurie West
References[edit]
- ^ Vahimagi, Tise. "Hanley, Jimmy (1918-1970)". BFI Screenonline.
- ^ "Riotous cops and robbers". Western Daily Press. 22 December 1964. p. 7.
- ^ "Neother comedy nor mystery". Birmingham Evening Mail. 22 December 1964. p. 3.
- ^ "Panorama". The Guardian. 22 December 1964. p. 7.
- ^ "Crooks who fell down". The Daily Telegraph. 22 December 1064. p. 11.
- ^ Harbord, Jane; Wright, Jeff; Harboard, Jane (1992). 40 Years of British Television. Boxtree Ltd. p. 35.