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Man in a Suitcase

The Girl Who Never Was

Season 1, Episode 9, Aired Nov 22, 1967

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A beautiful painting can bring out the best in some, the worst in others. McGill encounters both types when he is asked to trace a missing masterpiece.

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Harold Goodwin (II)

Foley
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Bernard Lee

Kershaw
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Priscilla Morgan

Mavis

Richard Bradford

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Two men's obsession with a painting

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By neufen01, Aug 27, 2006

1944, a war in San Vincenzo. Heavy gunfire and explosions between British and Germans soldiers as they enter a town and in a bombed monastry, a painting (Boticelli's head of Venus) is revealed. Captain Kershaw visits Miss Gilcrists' expensive home and offers to get the 100,000 picture for 50,000. He asks for a 200 to buy the painting off of someone who has it but doesn't know what it's worth. Gilchrist calls old friend McGill and offers him a job of finding someone (who knows where the missing picture is). Kershaw visits his woman friend, Mavis (he stays at her rooming house), ready to celebrate his deal and phones an antiques dealer telling him he'll have the money in three days. Flashback to 1944 and the fight in a room full of pictures, by Kershaw who remembers his sergeant (Foley) who was captivated by the picture. McGill finds out that the man's name is Foley who is "shell-shocked", so is in a home. He visits him and finds out about the painting and ups his fee to 10% of the market price and then visits Mavis where Foley stayed at one time and bribes her into telling him where she sold the paintings Foley left behind, which he has painted over, now sold on to another dealer. The less than stable Kershaw finds out McGill has visited Mavis and goes to see Gilchrist who wants nothing to do with him. He then threatens McGill over a phone and heads back to Mavis demanding 200 so he can buy the paintings. She doesn't have it and he accidently stabs her and then leaves. Annoyed, McGill visits Gilchrist again and tells her it's now 50%. When he leaves, she sends her bodyguard and friend after McGill to get the painting for her for free. Meanwhile, Kershaw and Foley burgle the shop where the hidden painting is. McGill beats up his "tails" and heads for the shop, confronting Kershaw who starts shooting at him. The picture is found, Kershaw disarmed and the police turn up. Unfortunately, the picture is fake. McGill buys it from Gilchrist for 2 for Foley who finally has his picture. Bernard Lee as Kershaw, Priscilla Morgan as Mavis, Harold Goodwin as Foley, Annette Carell as Gilchrist.moreless
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- McGill makes reservations at the airport to stay at a hotel in London, and is driven to its location. However, the man we see getting out of the taxi and entering the hotel isn't Richard Bradford, but a stand-in.
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- This episode coupled with "Web With Four Spiders" was intended to be released on video by ITC in 1993. However, due to an internal cock-up it only escaped their archives as an ITC promo only so is very rare!
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- David Garfield (Bateson) was also in the episode "The Sitting Pigeon" as Baxter.
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- Basil Dignam (Todd) can be seen in the episode "The Boston Square" playing Sir Eric Coulsdon.
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- Charles Laurence (Martin) appeared in two episodes - played the Van driver in "Night Flight to Andorra".
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- Character actor Harold Goodwin (Foley) appeared in two episodes. He played a Taxi Driver in "Why They Killed Nolan".
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- London location - Sussex Gardens W2.
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- Working title for this episode - "Love of Venus".
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