Dead Head (TV series)

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Dead Head
Created by Howard Brenton
Starring Denis Lawson
Lindsay Duncan
George Baker
Simon Callow
Leonie Mellinger
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 4
Production
Running time 50 Minutes
Release
Original network BBC2
Original release 1986
External links
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Dead Head is a four-part crime thriller scripted by Howard Brenton. It juxtaposed 1940s film noir style and costumes with contemporary London settings. It was directed by Rob Walker.

Plot

Petty criminal Eddy Cass (Lawson) receives a mysterious box that proves to contain the head of a young woman. This involves Cass in a conspiracy by the British security services to frame him for the crimes of a sadistic serial murderer of prostitutes.

Home media

The series was released on DVD in the UK on the 15 April 2013.[1]

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