Malice Aforethought

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1979-03-15
Duration:55 min
Director:
Actors:Hywel Bennett, Cheryl Campbell, Belinda Carroll, David Ashford, Vivienne Moore
Production:BBC

Overview:

Malice Aforethought is a four-part 1979 BBC Two miniseries by Philip Mackie, adapted from Anthony Berkeley Cox's (pen name Francis Iles) 1931 noir novel of the same name. For ten years, Julia Bickleigh has despised and bullied her husband. For ten years Dr Bickleigh has dreamed of romance ... and escape.

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