Dead Head

Overview

London based petty crook, Eddie Cass agrees to pick up a package and courier it across the capital. When nobody answers the door at the drop off address Eddie opens the package and finds a woman’s severed head in a hatbox. He panics and dumps it in the River Thames. Returning home Cass is kidnapped by the mysterious Eldridge and his heavies who inform Eddie that he has been framed for the murder.

Seasons

Miniseries

4 episodes

Cast

Denis Lawson

Eddie Cass

Lindsay Duncan

Dana Cass

George Baker

Eldridge

Simon Callow

Hugo Silver

Norman Beaton

Caractacus

James Warwick

Lord Clive Ludlow

Don Henderson

Detective Inspector Malcolm

Susannah Bunyan

Jill

Tacy Kneale

Sandra

Ellen Sheean

Mrs Epworth