The Black Tower is a TV mini-series directed by Ronald Wilson in 1985 and based on the book of the same name by P.D. James, first published in 1975. The TV series features Roy Marsden, Martin Jarvis, John Franklyn-Robbins, Carol Gillies, Richard Heffer, Harriet Bagnall, and others.
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Storyline
Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently and mysteriously died, as has one of the patients at Toynton Grange. Evidently the home is not quite the caring community it purports to be.
Movie vs Book
Year
1985
Minutes
50
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
The Black Tower
Director: Ronald Wilson
Country: UK
Year: 1985
Length: 50m / 6 episodes
Year
1975
Pages
352
Book Rate
7.98
S: Goodreads
Book
The Black Tower
Author: P.D. James
Country: UK
First published in: 1975
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Adam Dalgliesh
User polls & recommendations
“As an author, it's a strange process to watch your novel turned into a movie. It's tremendously exciting but somewhat voyeuristic.”
MARCUS SAKEY (Writer)
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