With memorable and unsettling opening credits and exceptional performances and direction, Armchair Thriller became a massive hit for Thames Television in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With its trademark ghoulish, razor-sharp cliff hangers and iconic theme tune (by Roxy Music's Andy Mackay), this haunting anthology series was an immediate success, its eerie, disturbing and downright scary tales regularly attracting over 15 million viewers. Each of its ten stories is a gripping exercise in compelling television, showing ordinary people plunged into extraordinary situations. For many, this series remains a high-watermark of dramatic television and its many frightening and spooky moments are remembered by viewers nearly thirty years after its original transmission.
A DOG'S RANSOM
A Chelsea couple's dog is kidnapped and a ransom demanded. When the ransom is paid but no dog is returned an ambitious young policeman takes it into his own hands to solve the dognapping. Unfortunately, the dognapper is a vicious sociopath named Kowajinski...
Based on a novel by the best-selling novelist Patricia Highsmith, A Dog's Ransom is directed by television stalwart Donald McWhinnie.
Special Features
Actors: Benjamin Whitrow, Zena Walker, Brian Stirner, Leon Eagles, Susie Blake
Director: Donald McWhinnie
Certificate: 12
Screen: Fullscreen 4:3
Languages: English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo
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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes (approx)
