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    Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981)

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    This made-for-TV thriller – airing on Sunday 4 January 1981 – starred Bernard Cribbins as the titular policeman investigating the cold case file of the rape and murder of a young woman 15 years earlier.

    The eternally crumpled Detective Constable “Dangerous” Davies – whose patch is in North West London around Willesden and Kilburn –  is capably assisted in his investigation by his loyal civilian drinking chum Mod Lewis (Bill Maynard, with one of the dodgiest Welsh accents in film history).

    They call him “Dangerous” because he’s a danger to everyone – except criminals. He’s also known as “the last detective”  because, when there’s a crime to solve, Davies is the last DC you’re likely to call in. But every dog has its day

    Doggedly tenacious, Davies survives multiple attacks with baseball bats and, by the end of the film, is in a wheelchair, bandaged from head to toe.

    Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective has a clear narrative, a funny but keen script and excellent direction from Val Guest, who also wrote the screenplay with writer Leslie Thomas. The same storyline was later used for the pilot episode of the 2003 TV series The Last Detective starring Peter Davison.

    Detective Constable “Dangerous” Davies
    Bernard Cribbins
    Mod Lewis
    Bill Maynard
    Chief Inspector Yardbird
    Joss Ackland
    Sergeant Ben
    Bernard Lee
    Fred Fennell
    Frank Windsor
    Dave Boot
    John Leyton
    Ena Lind
    Maureen Lipman
    Josie Norris
    Cindy O’Callaghan
    Detective Superintendent Carter
    Derek Bond
    Madame Tarantella
    Patsy Rowlands
    William Lind
    Colin Baker
    Mrs Fulljames
    Avril Angers
    Mr Norris
    Ken Jones
    Detective Sergeant Green
    Jeremy Sinden
    George Tilth
    Peter Bland
    Celia Norris
    Lucy Aston
    Mrs Norris
    Pam St. Clement
    Albert
    Eric Francis
    Dr Longton
    Sam Dastor
    Mrs Fennell
    Diana King
    Marie
    Betty Romaine
    Tarquin
    David Auker
    PC Westerman
    Richard Hunter
    Venus
    Marianne Stone
    Detective Constable Evans
    Charles Pemberton
    Father Harvey
    John Rogan
    Doris Davies
    Pauline Delaney
    Patel
    Barbar Bhatti
    Parsons
    Norman Chappell
    Dulcie
    Lucy Griffiths
    Harkness
    Sydney Bromley
    Chrust
    Gordon Rollings
    Pomeroy
    Roy Stewart

    Director
    Val Guest

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