Cards on the Table

Summary
Outraged at the demolition of the gorge, Lady Maud goes to see Dundridge, suggesting that they work together to expose Sir Giles as the blackmailer. However, since Dundridge detests her and believes that she was responsible for compromising him, Dundridge refuses, making it his mission to destroy her home.

That night Blott gets one of the workmen extremely drunk and encourages him to cause destruction - and a death - in the village to increase public hostility to the roadworks. Sir Giles, meanwhile, who is living with Mrs. Forthby, drugs her and returns to the hall, which he tries to burn down, escaping into the grounds after a fight with his wife.

Cast

 * David Suchet as Blott
 * Geraldine James as Lady Maud Lynchwood
 * George Cole as Sir Giles Lynchwood
 * Simon Cadell as Dundridge
 * Julia Mackenzie as Mrs. Forthby
 * Geoffrey Bayldon as Ganglion
 * Paul Brooke as Hoskins
 * Jimmy Nail as Edwards
 * Brian Coburn as Hefty
 * Mary Healey as Mrs Wynn
 * Matyelok Gibbs as Miss Percival 1
 * Sylvia Barter as Miss Percival 2
 * John Rapley as Colonel Chapman
 * Georgine Anderson as Mrs. Bullett-Finch
 * Michael Burns as Fletcher
 * Joe Fagin as Hodges
 * Patrick Godfrey as Mr. Bullett-Finch
 * Melanie Hughes as Mary
 * Frank Jakeman as Construction Worker
 * Hal Jeayes as Wilkes
 * Alan Parks as Pianist
 * Sarah Porter as Bessie Williams
 * Nicholas Selby as General Burnett