Thacker

Thacker

84 mins | Comedy | April 20, 1992

A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has high hopes of recapturing his memories of an idyllic English village life after a lifetime of meting out justice in the Far East. But instead of peace and quiet, he is greeted by violence, voodoo and a distressed damsel, brandishing a shotgun. Worst of all, the ghost of his old flame, Edith, still haunts him, threatening both his marriage and his life.

Thacker

84 mins | Comedy | April 20, 1992

Thacker
A Gothic comedy, featuring a distinguished cast, and starring Leslie Phillips and Margaret Tyzack. Retired colonial army officer George Thacker has high hopes of recapturing his memories of an idyllic English village life after a lifetime of meting out justice in the Far East. But instead of peace and quiet, he is greeted by violence, voodoo and a distressed damsel, brandishing a shotgun. Worst of all, the ghost of his old flame, Edith, still haunts him, threatening both his marriage and his life.
Producers BBC
Original title Thacker
Directors William Hartley, Richard Spence
Writers Tony McNabb

Cast

Leslie Phillips

as George Thacker

Margaret Tyzack

as Marjorie Thacker

Graham Crowden

as Humphrey Folland

Freda Dowie

as Edith Folland

Stephen Moore

as Bernard Hadon Smith

Celia Imrie

as Ann Hadon Smith

Philip Jackson

as Ben Royce

Selina Cadell

as Lizzie Royce

Andrew Tiernan

as Davey Royce

Samantha Bond

as Ginny Morgan

John McArdle

as Martin Strickland

John McEnery

as Reg Faulkner

Steve Sweeney

as Dennie Faulkner

Wayne Foskett

as Malcolm Faulkner

Rupert Holliday-Evans

as Geoff Waldron

Michael Garner

as Dr Simon Fowles

David Boyce

as Frank Leach

Ian Bartholomew

as Sgt Colin Creech

Edward Tudor-Pole

as PC Brian Dolby