A village cricket match on the lawn of a great country house - a traditional setting for the perfect English murder. A natural case for the Yard's best technicolor detective, except for the victim-the 20th-century lord of the manor, Sheik Ali Ben Hassim.
Ian Richardson
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
Timothy Spall
as Detective Sergeant Baxter
Robert Flemyng
as Sir Charles
Nadia Hamman
as Sheika Fatima
Raad Rawi
as Ahmed
Benjamin Feitelson
as Kerim
Jacob Witkin
as Sheik
Laura Davenport
as Barbara Gethryn
James Griffiths
as Reverend Bland
Brian Cox
as Dr. Gillespie
Edward Hardwicke
as Brinson
Daphne Heard
as Mrs. Merridew
