Series: The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Season: Season 5
Episode Number: 1
Air Date:
Duration: 60 min
A local clergyman is anxious to re-open a thirty-year-old murder case, which resulted in Harry Painter being hanged for the axe-murder of an elderly woman. Wexford himself, as a young detective sergeant, helped to convict Painter, and he has to face the possibility that the wrong man was hanged.
Herbert Wise
Director
Suzanna Hamilton
Elizabeth Crilling
Peter Egan
Rev. Henry Archery
Sharon Maughan
Imogen Ide
Trevor Sellers
Herbert Painter