The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

A New Lease of Death: Part One

Directed by Herbert Wise
TV-14
S5 • E1    Sep 29, 1991    60m
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.

Where to Watch The Ruth Rendell Mysteries - S5 • E1

  • George BakerDet. Chief Insp. Reg Wexford
  • Christopher RavenscroftDet. Insp. Burden
  • Louie RamsayDora Wexford
  • Ken KitsonDet. Sgt. Martin
  • Diane KeenJenny Burden
  • John BurgessDr. Len Crocker
  • Suzanna HamiltonElizabeth Crilling
  • Peter EganRev. Henry Archery
  • Sharon MaughanImogen Ide
  • Trevor SellersHerbert Painter
  • Herbert WiseDirector

 

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