Down Payment on Death

Synopsis

Dinsdale Landen stars in this gripping vintage 1970s crime drama about a retired hitman tempted by one last jobSick of the spying business, professional assassin Art Gordo decides to quit the Secret Service - but his old life won't leave him alone.It's Christmas, three months after his retirement, and Gordo is visited by an old colleague with a proposition. A senior MI7 agent has been selling secrets to the opposition and needs to be eliminated - and the job can't be traced back to the Department. What's more, the task must be completed within the next five days. Clarke's offering big money - but despite the temptation, Art turns him down. Only someone won't take 'no' for an answer.Hunted by a mysterious nemesis who'll stop at nothing - including murder - to get their way, Gordo finds himself caught in a deadly game of deception, double-cross and betrayal. To stay alive, he must find out the truth about his shadowy target, and re-enter a world he thought he'd left behind. A world with only one rule: kill or be killed...Originally produced in the 1970s, this twisty, fast-moving suspense thriller stars Dinsdale Landen as Art Gordo and Frances Jeater as Louise.Production creditsAdapted from his own novel by Jim EldridgeProduced by John Fawcett WilsonCastArt Gordo - Dinsdale LandenClarke - Manning WilsonLouise Lenehan - Frances JeaterBen/Roberts/Man on phone - Jon CroftJoe/Ferguson - Peter CrazeCharles Allweather - Glyn OwenPaul Le Clerk - Donald GeeSally Le Clerk - Joanna WakeLeon Young - Basil HensonFrancis/Forbes - Douglas BlackwellParsons - Terrence HardimanHotel porter - Frank CodaFirst broadcast on BBC World Service, 3-31 May 1976© 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd