The Living and the Dead (BBC Radio 4, 08/Sep/2007)
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Broadcast Details
- broadcast on BBC Radio 4
- date: 08/Sep/2007
- length: 90 minutes
Synopsis
Adrian Bean's dramatisation of the novel that inspired Hitchcock's Vertigo, by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. Jacques Flavieres is a troubled and complex soul with a devastating fear of heights, rejected from the army on medical grounds. An old friend asks him to take on a private assignment which leads to fatal obsession. With Michael Maloney, Sarah Smart, Robert Pickavance, Seamus O'Neill, Chris Jack and Daryl Fishwick. Directed by Pauline Harris.
— BBC Radio Times
Jacques Flavieres is a troubled and complex soul with a devastating fear of heights, rejected from the army on medical grounds. An old friend asks him to take on a private assignment, which leads to fatal obsession. The novel was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo.
— BBC Radio 4 web site
Credits
- written by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
- dramatised by Adrian Bean
- directed by Pauline Harris
Cast
- Michael Maloney - Jacque Flavieres
- Sarah Smart - Madeleine/Renee
- Robert Pickavance - Paul Gevigne
- Seamus O'Neill - Dr Ballard
- Chris Jack - Leriche
- Daryl Fishwick - Old Concierge
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