Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

TV Movie
1981
Not Rated
2h

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981)

Comedy Crime Family

When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15 year old cold case.When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15 year old cold case.When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15 year old cold case.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

398

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Trivia
The last film of Bernard Lee.

Goofs
During the first flashback scene where Celia Norris is cycling on the road, she goes by two Austin Maxis. That bit was set in 1965. The Austin Maxi was launched in 1969.

Quotes
[Madame Tarantella, a fortune teller, is talking about her romance with Fennell]
Madame Tarantella: I couldn't see a future for us together.
Dangerous Davies: If you couldn't, who could?

Crazy credits
Initial caption in opening credits: "This is the story of a man who became deeply concerned with the unsolved murder of a young girl. He was a born stumbler, but patient and very dogged...".

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Remade as The Last Detective (2003)

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10/10

A great story that stuck in my mind for 20 years after seeing it once!

Now available on DVD, many more people have a chance to view this lost classic of British TV.

A belting story about a cold case file, a young girl's disappearance is reopened by 'The Last Detective' anyone would give a decent case to, played by Bernard Cribbins.

The story opens on the 'North West Frontier'... of London with Cribbins tackling yet another dirty police job, breaking into a besieged flat with a dustbin on his head for protection.

We soon warm to this robust and human policeman and we discover that he gets all the nasty jobs because his bosses think he's the last detective anyone in their right mind would assign to a murder case.

Then by a seeming twist of fate, a seemingly nondescript case involving a recently deceased officer is 'given' to him and through it he unfolds a mystery from long ago, aged witnesses lead him where no one has been before, to clues no one has bothered to follow and to a startling conclusion.

A good cast and a fine script, a haunting score underpins the action and the nice unexpected twist in the tale brings a brilliant end to a riveting piece of storytelling.

I can still whistle the theme tune even after so long.

See it. If you can find a copy. Whistle with me.