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Inspector Morse: The day of the Devil

2 Ratings: 5.0

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Actors: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Colin Dexter, James Grout, Peter Woodthorpe Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Language: English Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 … see full wiki

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Cast: Kevin Whately, John Thaw, Colin Dexter

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This is another excellent BBC PBS Morse mystery

Dec 3, 2010

by IsraelDrazin

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This is another excellent BBC Chief Inspector Morse film, staring the late John Thaw as the irascible, persistent, dedicated detective who walks up to the line in challenging his superior when he knows that he is right. A dangerous paranoid prisoner, Barrie, who is convinced that the devil exists, that he is a protected disciple who can't be caught unless he is betrayed, escapes from the prison hospital under unusual circumstances. He got into the infirmary, slipped sleeping pills into the guard's drink, disguised himself, and hid in the car of one of the female psychiatrists who is leaving at that time. How did he get the sleeping pills and the disguise, and how did he know about the doctor's car?

Instead of escaping to London, Barrie travels to Oxford, Inspector Morse's town, and is not recognized because he uses other disguises. He travels around in a van, but Morse is unable to find that any van was stolen. Where did he get the van? Is he being helped? Why did he come to Oxford?

Barrie calls Morse and insists that he bring the female doctor to Oxford. Morse is unable to figure out why, and he refuses. Barrie kidnaps a woman to show Morse that if he does not comply with his request, he will hurt people. The woman is the wife of a brutal wife beater. Why did Barrie choose this woman? The husband is later killed. Why? Is there a connection to the case?

There are interesting subplots, such as should women exert themselves, as a female police officer insists, or retain their femininity, as Morse maintains.

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