She Fell Among Thieves (1978)
- Directed by
- Clive Donner
- Genre
- drama, tv movie
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A British adventurer gets entangled in a plot involving a wealthy criminal woman in the French Riviera during the interwar period. He must outsmart her and escape with his life.
light-heartedadventuroustongue-in-cheekpaceddatedtelevision-filmwittyescapist
What happens
She Fell Among Thieves is a 1978 British television film based on the novel of the same name by Dornford Yates, adapted for television by Tom Sharpe. It stars Malcolm McDowell and Eileen Atkins and was directed by Clive Donner. It was first broadcast on BBC2 on Wednesday 1 March 1978 at 9:40 p.m. as “Play of the Week.” It was one of three television films made by the BBC and Donner which focused on British heroes between the wars, the others being Rogue Male and The Three Hostages. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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