Wednesday, 27 June 2018
1039 Gallowglass
First viewed : 10 January 1993
Gallowglass was a three part adaptation of a Ruth Rendell novel broadcast on Sunday nights.
Again, I watched it for Arkie Whiteley playing Nina, a top model who was once kidnapped in Italy and now lives under heavy guard in England with a wealthy old bore of a husband ( Gary Waldhorn ). The youngest member of the kidnap gang Sandor ( Paul Rhys ) becomes obsessed with her and follows her to England where he prevents the suicide of troubled Joe ( Michael Sheen making his TV debut ). Sandor persuades Joe and his foster sister Tilly ( Claire Hackett ) to become accomplices in another plot to kidnap Nina which involves abducting the daughter of her chauffeur Paul ( John McArdle ).
Gallowglass wasn't comfortable viewing because the plot required everyone involved to be either mentally unhinged ( Sandor, Joe, Nina ) or fairly callous ( Paul, Tilly ). The ending was pretty grim too.
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