Summaries

An American computer expert meets a distraught old lady on a train and she tells him that a homicidal maniac is stalking her quiet little village.

A mathematician and author, Luke Williams, is travelling up to London on a train when he meets a old lady, Lavinia Fullerton, who is also going to London, to Scotland Yard. Lavinia tells Luke that in her small village several people have died. The local police are certain that it was all accidental and are taking no action but Lavinia isn't convinced. In London Luke watches, horrified, as Lavinia is run over in a hit and run and he becomes convinced that she was telling the truth. He travels down to the village and with the aid of a local girl, who is also convinced that the deaths were murder, sets out to solve the mystery...—Lee Horton <[email protected]>

American computer whiz Luke Williams meets elderly Lavinia Fullerton on a London-bound train. She reveals she's discovered the identity of a serial killer in her village and is going to report it to Scotland Yard. When she's murdered after disembarking the train. Williams vows to pursue the case himself.—Gabe Taverney ([email protected])

Details

Keywords
  • man wears pajamas
  • reference to doctor john watson
  • woman wears a nightgown
  • reference to agatha christie
  • reference to samuel taylor coleridge
Genres
  • Mystery
  • Crime
Release date Jan 1, 1982
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Marylebone Station, Marylebone, London, England, UK
Production companies Warner Bros. CBS Entertainment Production David Wolper-Stan Margulies Productions

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 30m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

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