Blade on the Feather (1980)

Directed by

Richard Loncraine

Genre

action, thriller, tv movie

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

15

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging writer living in a remote seaside house receives a visit from a younger man who claims to be a fan of his work. Their conversation slowly reveals hidden connections and betrayals tied to a past involving espionage and political deception.

suspensefulcerebralmelancholicslow-burnintricatebleakcontemplativeatmospheric

What happens

Blade on the Feather is a television drama by Dennis Potter, broadcast by ITV on 19 October 1980 as the first in a loosely connected trilogy of plays exploring language and betrayal. A pastiche of the John Le Carré spy thriller and transmitted eleven months after Anthony Blunt was exposed as the 'fourth man', the drama combines two of Potter's major themes: the visitation motif and political disillusionment. The play's title is taken from "The Eton Boating Song". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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