P.D. James - Shroud for a Nightingale

Starring:Roy Marsden, John Vine, Joss Ackland, Margaret Whiting (II), Sheila Allen (III), Liz Fraser, Thelma Whiteley, Andree Evans, Richard Marner, Eleanor David, Natalie Ogle, Deborah Findlay, Rosalyn Elvin, Judi Maynard, Lynne Pearson, Sarah Thomas, Marcia Tucker, John Pennington, Robin Kermode, Annette Robertson
Director: John Gorrie
Studio: Lance Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

Description

Worried by the sinister political implications of his current murder case. Scotland Yard's Adam Dalgliesh is off to a teaching hospital for nurses to interview a prime suspect, critically ill arms dealer Martin Dettinger.

The hospital, he discovers is a hotbed of blackmail teeming with mysterious motives. At the somber adjoining training wing and nurses' residence, the risk of death seems greater than in any ward. Two young nurses are suddenly poisoned to death - one of them right before Dalgliesh's eyes.

Not originally assigned to these cases and against orders from superiors, Dalgliesh takes them on. With trademark cool, the shrewd, incisive detective is soon navigating a labyrinth of intrigues, jealousies and some very dark secrets. Someone is trying to bury the past and is ready, willing and able to kill again to keep it from being resurrected.

Customer Reviews:

P.D James can rock your boat.......2005-08-17

Based on the novel by award-winning author P.D James, this DVD, which is part of the Adam Dalgliesh series, can sure rock your boat. It might not have too much action, it might not have too many CSI shots(nothing against CSI), but it has fascinating dialogues, a lot of hospital intrigues, and quite a bit of suspense. If suspense novel is your thing, you will love this DVD. The humor is more subtle than the Poirot Series. Highly recommended.

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P.D. James - Shroud for a Nightingale
Starring: Roy Marsden , Joss Ackland , Sheila Allen (III) , Margaret Whiting (II) , and Liz Fraser
Director: John Gorrie
Manufacturer: Lance Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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P.D. James - Cover Her Face
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P.D. James - Original Sin

ASIN: B00006JDSZ
Release Date: 2002-10-29

Amazon.com

Murder strikes a teaching hospital in this satisfying puzzle from one of Britain's best mystery writers. Nightingale House, home to a top nursing program, is also the home of students, teachers, a nest of secrets, and racks and racks of easily accessible poisons. When prim Nurse Pierce is offed right in the middle of a classroom demonstration, tensions explode, troubles multiply, and Scotland Yard's poetically inclined Commander Adam Dalgliesh must untangle the mess. P.D. James's mystery novels are notable as much for their emotional depth as for their knotty solutions, and this thoughtful production reflects that, taking its time in building to the macabre fun. The acting is uniformly good, but Roy Marsden makes a truly remarkable Dalgliesh, quietly capturing his intelligence, sadness, and faint touch of cruelty. Shroud for a Nightingale's three episodes take about four hours, so brew a good strong pot of tea (be sure to check the milk for poison) and settle in for the evening. --Ali Davis

Customer Reviews:

Great!.......2005-03-03

This is my favorite of all the ITV PD James adaptations. I rented this one while on vacation, and ended up glued to it into the wee hours. I actually woke up my spouse in the middle of the night at one point when I inadvertantly started protesting at the screen during the final climax. The story like I said is gripping. The supporting cast is fantastic! Marsden is perfect. Definitely check this one out.

If you like this one, definitely read the book. It's great also and Massingham gets up to some hilarious antics -- which they cut this out of the film.

AT LAST..............2002-12-16

Finally, the wonderful BBC dramatizations of the P.D. James mysteries broadcast on PBS Mystery Theater are being issued in a DVD format. SHROUD FOR A NIGHTINGALE is one of the best. The setting for this mystery is a school in England located in an old 19th Century Victorian building situated on a large estate (thus the time-honored device of murder in the "country house" is preserved wherein all the suspects and victims are in residence).

Florence Nightingale founded nursing in the U.K. during the Crimean War and for a long time afterward, those who became nurses were called "nightingales" after their famous role model. (Clara Barton was her equivalent in the U.S. during the Civil War.) In this mystery, the nightingales are student nurses and their instructors living in residence at a school of nursing.

One morning, a student nurse is ingeniously done in before a dozen witnesses none of whom can identify the killer. Adam Dalgliesh, Scotland Yard's poetic police chief superintendent is soon on the scene. He finds plenty of suspects but before he can solve the first crime a beautiful red-headed instructor is found dead in her bed--of unnatural causes. She had been having an affair with someone as she was pregnant -- did her lover try to cover his tracks? Or maybe one of the other nurses was jealous of the beautiful young woman and killed her. When a third mysterious death takes place, hysteria reigns supreme. Dalgliesh stalks the killer and in the end nails his nemesis, but not before a very desperate person with a wicked, wicked past produces mayhem and a few murders.

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