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Flight of the Lapwing Part 1 (Original title)
Date: 06 February 1974 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Voytek

Synopsis: Edward Cummings crashed his aeroplane while showing a customer some property from the air. The customer, Louis Smith, and a woman passenger died, but Cummings survived. Cummings is now suing Mrs Simon for libel after she accused him of criminal responsibility for her husband's death.

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TV Transmissions
Date: 06 February 1974Broadcast channel: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 13:30-14:00Runtime: 30 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 06 February 1974not specified

Credits (6)
Production Company: Granada Television, Producer: Quentin Lawrence, Researcher: John Blake, Script: David Fisher, Designer: Knowles Bentley
Cast (13)
John Barron (Mr Justice Mitchenor), Richard Wilson (Jeremy Parsons QC), Ian Marter (Quentin Ingrams), William Gaunt (Edward Cummings), Mary Macleod (Mrs Erica Simon), Christopher Benjamin (Dr Hayward), Richard Burrell (Alfred Donahue), Jacqueline Stanbury (Judith Turner), Michael Cadman (Stephen Hammond), Derek Hockridge (court associate), Peter Bell (jury foreman), Joseph Berry (court usher), Peter Wheeler (court reporter)