The Main Chance

1969    60mDrama
7.5
Maverick lawyer David Main commutes between his twin bases in London and Leeds. His seemingly devil-may-care attitude is contrasted with the steady and cautious approach of his crusty Leeds partner Henry Castleton.

Where to Watch The Main Chance

4 Seasons

  • Season 1
    Season 16 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 213 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 313 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 413 Episodes

Cast of The Main Chance

  • John StrideDavid Main
  • Margaret AshcroftMargaret Castleton
  • John WentworthHenry Castleton
  • Anna PalkSarah Courtney
  • Glynn EdwardsWalter Clegg
  • John ArnattSidney Bulmer
  • Philip BondPeter Findon
  • Estelle KohlerHilary Nash
  • Sharon MaughanInge Lindstrom
  • Ingrid HafnerLaura Granton
  • Gary BondAndrew Retford
  • Kate O'MaraJulia Main
  • Liz BamberPriscilla Graves
  • David LodgeDet. Chief Supt. Guthrie
  • Denis LillStephen Howard
  • Jack WatsonHarry Selby
  • Ronald RaddLord Arkwright
  • Bernard KayPatrick Bell
  • Valerie DaneMain's Secretary
  • Frederick TrevesSimon Rimsey
  • Stuart WilsonEdward Ransom
  • Frederick JaegerPeter Jarratt
  • Robert HartleyFrederick
  • Alfred BellDet. Sgt. Abbott
  • Richard WylerTim Cowley
  • Jack MayDerrick Asher
  • Walter GotellGilbert Fletcher
  • Georgina WardEdie Semple
  • Jack WoolgarGeorge Cutforth
  • Anthony BateTom Kelly
  • Edward HarveyInspector
  • Andrew LaurenceHarris
  • Guy SlaterRichard Nash
  • John BarcroftIan Matthews
  • Peter CellierLawrence Wingrove
  • Kathleen St JohnLily
  • Peter JeffreyKenneth Manmer
  • John HarveyChief Supt. Griffin
  • Peter WilliamsJudge
  • Norman ScaceMagistrate
  • Philip BrackCol. Charles Everett
  • Peter GilmoreTony Murray
  • Brian HawksleyWelborn
  • David SavileEdward Bellingham
  • Peter BirrelJoe Farrell
  • Frank DuncanWilliam Pirbright
  • Patrick JordanSmith
  • Gerald SimRufus Mansfield
  • John WelshJames Renshaw
  • Stuart DamonAllan Hartmann
  • Roderic NobleMichael Kelly
  • George InnesGeorge Wilkinson
  • Leslie SandsCharles Arkwright
  • Frederick DannerAnthony Arkwright
  • Peter HallidayJohn Smith
  • Alan BirdDet. Sgt. Rafferty
  • Julian GrantDet. Con. Sharp
  • Willoughby GoddardSir Ernest Lang
  • Arthur HewlettSir Archibald Maclaren
  • Michael ElwynLord Radchester
  • Joan PeartMrs. Hume-Gilbert
  • John AtkinsonMagistrate
  • Martin BoddeyGilbert Ellnet
  • Michael AthaPage Boy
  • John NormingtonGeorge Hargrave
  • Murray EvansMort Harper
  • Frank BarrieRichard Pryce-Hartley
  • John CrockerOliver Griffiths
  • John GrahamRoy Sanderson
  • Tony CaunterHarry Rowlands
  • Noel HoodAunt Harriet
  • Ballard BerkeleyMajor Dibbyn
  • Georgine AndersonMrs. Kellaway
  • Morris ParsonsPark Keeper
  • Austin TrevorJudge
  • Frank SiemanJury Foreman
  • Geoffrey DentonCourt Chairman
  • Victor BrooksPolice Sergeant
  • John LawFletcher's Solicitor
  • Marjorie RhodesRuth Paxton
  • John GarrieErnest Paxton
  • Michael GoverJames Earnshaw
  • Michael BeintGeorge Seager
  • Walter SparrowSite Foreman
  • Stuart SaundersSalesman
  • Aubrey MorrisElbert Cheever
  • Aimée DelamainAlice Greensmith
  • Simon OatesGodfrey Allen
  • Arthur BroughCounty Court Judge
  • Anthony BairdWatchman
  • John BennettRaul Ramira
  • Alan BrowningMontero
  • Raymond YoungCharles Benoit
  • Lesley NunnerleyRosa
  • Dorothy GordonMary Cooper
  • Lane MeddickCooper
  • David GreySanches
  • David TrevenaPrison Cook
  • Al GarciaPorter
  • Judy HuxtableOlivia Marrett-Browne
  • Elizabeth ShepherdThe Hon. Fiona Cowley
  • Hamilton DyceJudge
  • Brian OultonGeorge Mynter
  • Neil WilsonPrison Doctor
  • Norman MitchellCharles Willard
  • William WildeElwyn Richards
  • Robin HawdonAlec Grafton
  • Patrick BarrDr. John Grafton
  • Hugh CrossCoroner
  • Richard HurndallStipendiary Magistrate
  • Alan ClementsAmbulanceman
  • Diana CouplandMrs. Clifford
  • Brian RawlinsonGeorge Langden
  • John WestbrookCharles Wainwright
  • David SteuartJudge
  • Valerie SarrufMeriel Manmer
  • Bernard HeptonBridges
  • David HutchesonSir George More-Litton
  • Vladek SheybalOtto Zobel
  • Tom KempinskiDoran
  • Douglas WilmerDr. Lowton
  • Elizabeth BegleyMrs. Donnell
  • Margaret BradyEileen Donnell
  • Clifton JonesManuel Patino
  • Valerie MurrayCarlo Patino
  • Aly Ben AyedAbdul Naji
  • Freddie JonesProfessor Ian Allardyce
  • Cynthia GrenvilleMary Allardyce
  • John ForrestTwite
  • Frank TregearWaiter
  • Sheila HudsonReceptionist
  • Pat HeywoodMrs. Elliott
  • Laurence HardyEdward Main
  • Noel DysonJanet Harrison
  • Hilary MasonAgnes McLaren
  • Kenneth EdwardsMagistrate
  • Peter BowlesRoger Lamb
  • Paul MassieRichard Swanson
  • Wensley PitheyLord Bennett
  • Arthur PentelowArnold Foster
  • Marian DiamondHenrietta Carson
  • Georgina HaleSheila Smith
  • Robert CawdronCrispin
  • Brian McDermottAllan Whittaker
  • Basil DignamMr. Jory
  • Frank MillsJoe Brown
  • Delia PatonStella Brown
  • John CollinCharlie Webster
  • Glenn WilliamsStacey
  • James BreeMr. Fisher
  • Edward EvansMr. Griffiths
  • Robin EllisDonald Gordon Hopwood
  • John TurnerActing Supt. Grover
  • John HumphryHarvey Lingwood
  • Michael CooperMagistrate - Tom Withers
  • Robert RaglanJudge
  • John AllisonJohn Howard
  • Arch TaylorWarrant Officer
  • John PhillipsArnold Bingley
  • Michael CollinsJack Gillam
  • Robin FordGeorge Auckland
  • Hugh MortonStipendiary Magistrate
  • Preston LockwoodMinistry Inspector
  • Barbara OgilvieMrs. Ada Harrington
  • Joan GreenwoodMrs. Hilary Wenn
  • Nicholas PennellJeremy Upjohn
  • Felix AylmerJudge
  • Faith BrookSusan Crawford
  • James CopelandJohnny Stewart
  • Hildegard NeilUrsula Findon
  • Ralph TrumanReginald Crowther
  • Gareth ForwoodJulian Webb
  • Percy HerbertGil Vasey
  • Nicholas CourtneyJames Harding
  • Geoffrey FrederickDet. Sgt. Ransome
  • Jacqueline MaudeLady Magistrate
  • Norman ClaridgeStipendiary Magistrate
  • Robin AskwithSammy Cutforth
  • Paul GuessPeter Cutforth
  • David PurcellLes Parfitt
  • Morris PerryKellaway
  • Roy PurcellSgt. Purdie
  • Frederick BartmanJohn Eldon
  • Michael GwynnJudge
  • John StandingLord Radchester
  • George BakerMajor Donovan
  • Timothy CarltonJeremy Purcell-Browne
  • Robert KeeganSam Bradshaw
  • Tom WatsonSandy McGoggie
  • Jan CareyMary McGoggie
  • Patrick TroughtonFrederick Owen
  • Donald WebsterCrump
  • Matthew GuinnessMerton
  • Joseph McKennaKeir McGoggie
  • Maev AlexanderMiss Bush
  • Bob HoskinsWorkman
  • Norman ShelleySefton Gardiner
  • Malcolm TierneyMaj. Michael Gardiner
  • Lyndon BrookLt. Col. Brant
  • Basil HensonBrigadier
  • John FrankauDirector / Producer
  • Christopher HodsonDirector
  • Marc MillerDirector
  • Derek BennettDirector
  • Cyril CokeDirector
  • Tony WharmbyDirector
  • Michael FergusonDirector
  • Bob HirdDirector
  • Gareth DaviesDirector
  • Edmund WardWriter
  • John MalcolmWriter
  • Ray JenkinsWriter
  • David WeirWriter
  • Louis MarksWriter
  • David LeesWriter

 

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