Directed by:
John AlexanderScreenplay:
Adrian HodgesCinematography:
Adam SuschitzkyComposer:
John LunnCast:
Billie Piper, JJ Feild, Lyndsey Marshal, Matt Smith, Jared Harris, Hayley Atwell, Owen Roe, Nitin Ganatra, Georgia King, David Harewood, Julian Rhind-Tutt (more)Plots(1)
The year is 1878, and Sally Lockhart (Billie Piper) has started her own financial consulting business. When her client, Miss Walsh, loses a fortune from the unexpected collapse of the Anglo-Baltic shipping line, Sally is determined to find out why so many of their ships have mysteriously vanished without trace. Hoping to recover her client s money, she turns for help to her friends, Frederick (JJ Feild) and Jim, who have started up their own detective agency.
While pursuing their enquiries into the disappearance of the steamship Ingrid Linde, the three sleuths find themselves investigating stage magician Alistair MacKinnon who is being threatened by mysterious thugs, and a psychic medium who seems to be tapping into shady business secrets all of which draws them unwittingly into a dark and sinister plot fuelled by the dealings of the cruel and heartless industrialist Axel Bellmann, whose business is built on a horrifying secret.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Billie Piper
UK
Best movies:
Evita (1996)
Much Ado About Nothing (2005) (TV movie)
Sally Lockhart Mysteries: The Shadow in the North (2007) (TV movie)
JJ Feild
USA
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Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Almost Strangers (2001) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Lyndsey Marshal
UK
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Matt Smith
UK
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Jared Harris
UK
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Hayley Atwell
UK
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Owen Roe
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Michael Collins (1996)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Nitin Ganatra
Kenya
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Georgia King
UK
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David Harewood
UK
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Julian Rhind-Tutt
UK
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John Standing
UK
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Phil Cornwell
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Paul Copley
UK
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Nicholas Blane
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Adjoa Andoh
UK
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Crispin Redman
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Doña Croll
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Jack Brady
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Richard Clews
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