''End Play'' is a 1976

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directed by

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and starring George Mallaby,

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and Ken Goodlet. It was an adaptation of the 1972 novel ''End Play'' by Russell Braddon. It was made by Hexagon Productions.Moran & Veith p. 78

Plot

Hitchhiker Janine Talbort is picked up and murdered by an unseen assailant. Mark Gifford, a merchant sailor on leave, then disposes of the body, attracting the suspicion of his wheelchair-using brother Robert. The police become suspicious of both brothers, who are rivals over their half-cousin, Margaret.

Cast

* George Mallaby - Robert Gifford *

- Mark Gifford * Ken Goodlet - Superintendent Cheadle *

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- Janine Talbort * Charles Tingwell - Doctor Fairburn *