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The Barefaced Contessa

E5    Oct 22, 1991    60m    TV-14
A mother and daughter, Jean and Isabella di Cesare, are staging a fashion show on board a boat and taking money for the dresses that they are exhibiting. But they have no intention of delivering - it is all a scam. They are also planning to stitch up Ken.

CBS are proving the security at a charity antiques auction at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire. Ken is expecting Jean to arrive soon. Jean is one of Ken's old flames: Harry's ex-wife had once described them as ""the Siamese twins - joined at the lips"". However Jean left Ken ten years ago and later married an Italian Count, Vincenzo di Cesare.

Jean and Isabella are being followed by a scruffy man in an even scruffier car. Jean tells Ken that she has recently left the Count because he was beating her up. She bought her sports car with the money that she took when she left the Count, but now he is claiming that the car belongs to him. He wants it back and is threatening to get violent. Isabella is also being followed by Enzo, a ""lovesick Ital
Cast of The Barefaced Contessa
  • Michael ElphickKen Boon
  • David DakerHarry Crawford
  • Neil MorrisseyRocky Cassidy
  • Elizabeth CarlingLaura Marsh
  • Amanda BurtonMargaret Daly
  • Saskia WickhamAlex Wilton
  • Rachel DaviesDoreen Evans

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