The Stalker's Apprentice

The Stalker's Apprentice

Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie | May 25, 1998

When an absorbing new manuscript finds its way across his desk, Marcus Walwyn (Gideon Turner), an impressionable young publisher, befriends the book's author (Peter Davison) and suddenly has trouble leaving his work at the office. Intrigued by the volume's step-by-step instructions on how to stalk and murder an unsuspecting victim, Marcus grows obsessed with becoming an expert. This made-for-television drama is based on the book by M.S. Power.

The Stalker's Apprentice

Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie | May 25, 1998

The Stalker's Apprentice
When an absorbing new manuscript finds its way across his desk, Marcus Walwyn (Gideon Turner), an impressionable young publisher, befriends the book's author (Peter Davison) and suddenly has trouble leaving his work at the office. Intrigued by the volume's step-by-step instructions on how to stalk and murder an unsuspecting victim, Marcus grows obsessed with becoming an expert. This made-for-television drama is based on the book by M.S. Power.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Scottish Television Enterprises
Original title The Stalker's Apprentice
Directors Marcus D.F. White
Writers M.S. Power, Gordon Hann

Cast

Peter Davison

as D.I. Maurice Burt

James Bolam

as Helmut Kranze

Gideon Turner

as Marcus Walwyn

Natalie Walter

as Karen Scott

Marc Bannerman

as Paul Cornell

Paula Wilcox

as Marcus Mother

Vanessa Hadaway

as Sharon Hayes

Liz May Brice

as Heather Brazier-Young

Michael MacKenzie

as Henry Rutherford

Richard Bates

as Camp Carl