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The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man

★ 7.0/10•1975•50m•12•Crime•Drama
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After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain 'dead' after the most recent one so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 15, 1975

Episodes

E151m

Wheel of Fortune

The wheel spins from a wounded scramble across moors to a wages robbery to raise funds for survival.

Feb 15, 1975

E251m

Tower of Destruction

The tower is the high skeletal framework above a power station under construction. Burnett and Crowe go back over the private airfield and the ashes of the plane crash that killed Burnett's wife.

Feb 22, 1975

E351m

Knave of Coins

The Knave is an accountant in Locarno, protected by bodyguards and an electrified fence - the architect of embezzlement. And some of it is Burnett's money.

Mar 1, 1975

E451m

Chariot of Earth

The chariot drives across the coast of Scotland where North Sea oil and the land where it will devour conflict in a struggle for the world's highest stakes. This is where one of Burnett's ex-partners realised ambition when he bought a Highland estate and its lairdship.

Mar 8, 1975

E551m

The Bridge Maker

That's what they called Lew Burnett when he ran a contract in a totalitarian police state. If he goes back to find answers he will find himself accessory to corruption, under sentence of death, and will be chained to a prison wall.

Mar 15, 1975

E651m

Grail and Platter

The polished practitioners of organised crime in Detroit learn that Burnett is alive and can still provide something they want.

Mar 22, 1975

E751m

Laws of Fortune

The laws are the tricky rules of high finance which Burnett has played all his commercial life and has to play again, on the run and under darkness.

Mar 29, 1975

E851m

Ring of Return

Tons of concrete are poured onto a motorway bridge - and the police want Crowe and Burnett for murder.

Apr 5, 1975

Actors

Gary Watson

Gary Watson

John Quentin

Michael Williams

Michael Williams

Alan Crowe

Colin Blakely

Colin Blakely

Lewis Burnett

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