The Hanged Man (TV series)

The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man
Genre	Crime Drama
Created by	Edmund Ward
Starring	Colin Blakely; Michael Williams; Gary Watson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer	Yorkshire Television
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	15 February –; 5 April 1975

The Hanged Man is a British crime drama series that aired on ITV in 1975. It was created and written by Edmund Ward.

Cast[]

Colin Blakely – Lew Burnett
Michael Williams – Alan Crowe
Gary Watson – John Quentin
David Daker – Piet Hollander
– Brian Nelson
Angela Browne – Elizabeth Hayden
Brian Croucher – Sammy Grey
William Lucas – George Pilgrim
– David Larson
Julian Glover – Joe Denver
Jenny Hanley – Druscilla
Peter Halliday – Jean-Claud de Salle
John Bay – Sam Lambert
William Russell – Peter Kroger
Michael Coles – Hans Ericksen
Gareth Hunt – Eddie Malone
Jack Watson – Douglas McKinnon
Bill Mitchell – Harry Friedman
Alan MacNaughtan – Charles Galbraith
Naomi Chance - Jane Cowley
Tenniel Evans - Joseph
Victor Brooks - Nightwatchman
Fred Feast - Josef

Plot[]

Lew Burnett is a self-made man who owns a huge construction company. However, his success has bred resentment and after his wife is killed in a plane crash a third attempt^{[clarification needed]} is made on Lew's life. He then decides to pretend to be dead to avoid any more attempts on his life and find out who is trying to kill him and why. He is helped by Alan Crowe, an old friend. Burnett travels around the world to trace the nine potential suspects. In each episode, Burnett is caught up in a fight of some sort.

Episodes[]

"Wheel of Fortune" (15 February 1975)
"Tower of Destruction" (22 February 1975)
"Knave of Coins" (7 March 1975)
"Chariot of Earth" (14 March 1975)
"The Bridge Maker" (14 March 1975)
"Grail and Platter" (21 March 1975)
"Laws of Fortune" (28 March 1975)
"Ring of Return" (5 April 1975)

Turtle[]

The series also introduces a shady thief called Turtle played by John F. Landry. This character would later have his own series called Turtle's Progress.

Music[]

Music for the show was written by Alan Tew. The same score would turn up on such programmes like The Two Ronnies, The People's Court, SpongeBob SquarePants and the 2009 film Black Dynamite.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

Jim Sangster and Paul Condon, "TV Heaven", HarperCollins, 2005

External links[]

The Hanged Man at IMDb