The Nine Tailors

Starring: Carmichael, Ian and Houston, Glyn

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Acorn Media Publishing
• Director: Menmuir, Raymond
• Starring: Carmichael, Ian, Houston, Glyn
• Number of Disks: 2
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

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He sent forth a raven. Genesis 8:7.

A young Lord Peter (Ian Carmichael) in formal uniform on his way to the war. He is standing in for his brother, the Duke of Denver, at a wedding in Fenchurch St. Pauli. Mischief is afoot, and an emerald necklace was pinched. Where it was stored for safekeeping, I will not say. It looks like the perpetrator was winged by a well-placed shot. We get the inside story and know the truth. In the first chapter, we see the crime and the fate of the perpetrators. We also get a first-hand view of the meeting and growing relationship between Wimsey and Bunter (Glyn Houston). As fate would have it, Lord Peter finds himself once again in Fenchurch St. Pauli. This time, as providence would have it, just in time to replace a sick bell ringer on New Year's Eve. Three months later, a body is found, and Lord Peter is invited to the inquest. This film is based on a Dorothy L. Sayers novel of the same name, with the screen adaptation by Anthony Steven. At first, you are not sure that this is the same Peter Wimsey when you see the blond hair and mustache. However, if you look closely, they made little attempt to cover the wrinkled face. If you have an opportunity to view this film before reading the book, you will not be distracted by the deviations and omissions from the written story. If nothing else, we learn about anemic bananas and the Spanish Flu.