Robert Hathall brings his mother home for a visit, and she finds her daughter-in-law murdered.
George Baker - Chief Insp. Wexford Christopher Ravenscroft - Inspector Burden Tom Wilkinson - Robert Hathall Margery Mason - Mrs. Hathall Patrick Drury - Chief Supt. Howard Fortune June Ritchie - Nancy Lake Louie Ramsay - Dora Wexford Michael Byrne - DCC Charles Griswold Fred Pearson - Chief Insp. Jack 'Brock' Lovat Geoffrey Beevers - Mr. Aveney Julian Firth - John Oldbury Anthony Douse - Flat Landlord Sheila Ruskin - Denise Fortune Ken Kitson - Sgt. Martin Robert Swann - Airport Inspector Bernard Holley - Mark Somerset Marie Stillin - Valerie Snyder Peter Baldwin - Coroner Bunny May - Barman Susan Derrick - Angela Hathall(as Sue Derrick) Peter Penry-Jones - Solicitor Doreen Andrew - Mrs. Lethbridge Gertan Klauber - Bernard Maggie Ollerenshaw - Eileen Hathall Sandra Butterworth - Linda Kipling Magdalena Buznea - Marie Marcovitch Hugh Cross - William Butler Barry James - Tommy Mathews Joanne Robertson - Rosemary Hathall Robert Swann - Airport Inspector Mark Jax - Sgt Hutton Penny Perfect - Morag Gray Andrew Pinnock - Man in doorway