Sinister Street (1969)

Sinister Street is a 1969 British television miniseries based on Compton Mackenzie's 1913-14 novel of the same name. Dramatised by Ray Lawler, the six-part serial stars Brett Usher, Gillian Hawser, Kate Lansbury, and Jo Kendall. Being the sole televised adaptation produced, all episodes were wiped and are believed to be lost. A psychological coming-of-age drama, two children, Michael Fane and his sister Stella, are born out of wedlock, something considered taboo at the time, but to rich parents.

Sinister Street

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as Mrs Ross as Miss Carthew

as Michael Fane

as Henry Meats as Brother Aloysius

Michael Osborne

Michael Osborne

as Alan Merivale

as Mrs Cleghorne

as Dickie Prescott

as Sylvia Searlett

as Daisy Palmer

Christopher Matthews

Christopher Matthews

Sylvia Coleridge

Sylvia Coleridge

as Mrs Gainsborough

as Arthur Drake

Angela Baddeley

Angela Baddeley

as Child Michael

as Young Michael

as Captain Ross

Vaune Craig-Raymond

Vaune Craig-Raymond

Margaret Taylor

Margaret Taylor

as Dom Cuthbert

Suzanne Owens-Duval

Suzanne Owens-Duval

as Inspector Murray

as Music Hall Singer

as Dolly Wearne

as Hungarian Dave

Henry B. Longhurst

Henry B. Longhurst

Susan Carpenter

Susan Carpenter

as Anne Stilton

as Lady Stilton

Leonard Trolley

Leonard Trolley

as Inspector Dawkins

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 1

1x1

The parti-coloured years
1x2

Cloisters and war
1x3

Spires and tranquillity
1x4

The quest of chivalry
1x5

Various courts of love
1x6

The cup of honour

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