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1982 History Mystery Comedy 1h 48m

The Draughtsman's Contract

"A landscape of lust and cunning."

R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer.

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Principal Cast

Anthony Higgins

Mr. Neville

Janet Suzman

Virginia Herbert

Dave Hill

Herbert

Anne-Louise Lambert

Sarah Talmann

Hugh Fraser

Mr. Talmann

Neil Cunningham

Thomas Noyes

David Meyer

Poulenc Brother

Tony Meyer

Poulenc Brother

Nicholas Amer

Mr Parkes

Suzan Crowley

Mrs Pierpont

Lynda La Plante

Mrs Clement

Michael Feast

The Statue

David Gant

Seymour

Alastair Cumming

Philip

Steve Ubels

Hoyten

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