A blurb from Acorn Media about “Ruth Rendell Mysteries Set 1”: From cold, rock-strewn moors to comfortable suburban estates, award-winning writer Ruth Rendell explores the dark fissures between friends and family members that motivate murder.
The long running TV series that was based on Ruth Rendell’s mystery novels is on this 3-disc box set of the first stories of the series. The Ruth Rendell mysteries play like a Lifetime movie, which is usually geared towards women but better made. Some of the stars also plays like an episode of “Tales of the Unexpected”! “Master of the Moor” with Colin Firth is fantastically creepy and well acted and the “Secret House of Death” is also creepy and seductive. Some known British actors and actresses and in these episodes such as Robert Urquhart, Leslie Phillips, John Gill and Patricia Haynes. The set also includes Cast Filmographies and a Ruth Rendell Biography.
VIDEO
The video quality is great. The episodes runs approx 115 minutes each.
Audio
Was originally recorded in Mono. Audio quality is also in Mono.
Disc 1-
1. “Master of the Moor”-with Colin Firth, Robert Urquhart and Patricia Haynes
Disc 2-
2. “Vanity Dies Hard”-with Leslie Phillips and John Gill
Disc 3-
3. “The Secret House Of Death”
4. “The Double”
Extras
Disc 1- Cast Filmographies-Text Only
Ruth Rendell’s Biography-Text Only
Disc 2- Cast Filmographies
Disc 3-Cast Filmographies
Verdict
A good series. England’s answer to “The Lifetime Movies”.
Rating: ****!
The long running TV series that was based on Ruth Rendell’s mystery novels is on this 3-disc box set of the first stories of the series. The Ruth Rendell mysteries play like a Lifetime movie, which is usually geared towards women but better made. Some of the stars also plays like an episode of “Tales of the Unexpected”! “Master of the Moor” with Colin Firth is fantastically creepy and well acted and the “Secret House of Death” is also creepy and seductive. Some known British actors and actresses and in these episodes such as Robert Urquhart, Leslie Phillips, John Gill and Patricia Haynes. The set also includes Cast Filmographies and a Ruth Rendell Biography.
VIDEO
The video quality is great. The episodes runs approx 115 minutes each.
Audio
Was originally recorded in Mono. Audio quality is also in Mono.
Disc 1-
1. “Master of the Moor”-with Colin Firth, Robert Urquhart and Patricia Haynes
Disc 2-
2. “Vanity Dies Hard”-with Leslie Phillips and John Gill
Disc 3-
3. “The Secret House Of Death”
4. “The Double”
Extras
Disc 1- Cast Filmographies-Text Only
Ruth Rendell’s Biography-Text Only
Disc 2- Cast Filmographies
Disc 3-Cast Filmographies
Verdict
A good series. England’s answer to “The Lifetime Movies”.
Rating: ****!
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