Stars: Kenneth Cope, Mike Pratt, Annette Andre

Summary: RANDALL AND HOPKIRK (DECEASED) was a popular private detective series that ran from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The show starred Mike Pratt as Jeff Randall and Kenneth Cope and Marty Hopkirk, two private eyes whose partnership hits a snag in the first episode when Hopkirk is killed. However, Hopkirk returns as a ghost only Randall can see, in order to help solve his own murder. Unfortunately, he misses his opportunity to get into heaven while he's chasing down his killer and is thus doomed to walk the earth as white clad spectre who helps Randall on cases and spies on his widow. This collection contains the episodes My Late Lamented Friend and Partner, and A Disturbing Case.

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The twist of this private-eye show is that in the first episode, gumshoe Marty Hopkirk (Kenneth Cope) is killed off by the villains, subsequently popping up in an immaculate white suit as a ghost visible only to his hardboiled partner Jeff Randall (Mike Pratt). In theory, the supernatural streak--which meant a complex set of rules about Marty's appearances and effects on the physical world--should lead the show into wilder territory, but most episodes squander the team's unique abilities on ordinary cases about blackmail and murder-for-profit. A persistent subplot has the living Jeff getting cosy with the dead Marty's widow Jean (Annette Andre) to the discomfort of her late husband. The elementary effects and the nice underplaying of the leads have a certain period charm, and the show could afford a high calibre of special guest villains and dolly birds. A recent remake with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer hasn't obliterated memories of the original.

This disc contains episodes one and two: "My Late Lamented Friend and Partner" and "A Disturbing Case". --Kim Newman

Aspect Ratio:	4:3 Full Frame
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus, Scene Access, Character Biographies
Subtitles:	None
Year:	1969
Release Date:	July 10, 2000
Runtime:	100 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	37115 00793
Label:	I T C
Keywords:	Action, General, Randall, Hopkirk, Deceased, Tv, Adventure, Episodes, Vol
Genre:	Action/Adventure