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Lord Peter Wimsey the unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / [videorecording] : Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club BBC ; adapted by John Bowen ; producer, Richard Beynon ; directed by Ronald Wilson. - Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, 1973, 2002. - 2 videodiscs (180 min.; 90 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally broadcast in 1973 on Masterpiece Theatre.

Disc 1. Parts one and two -- Disc 2. Parts three and four.

Produced by Richard Beynon; directed by Hugh David; adapted by Anthony Stevens; story by Dorothy Sayers. Produced by Richard Beynon; directed by Hugh David; adapted by Anthony Stevens; story by Dorothy Sayers.

Starring Ian Carmichael.

The mystery begins in the lounge of the Bellona Club where the elderly members all slumber like corpses in their chairs. On Armistice Day 1922, one of them really is a corpse. Question is, did the General or his sister, the Wealthy Lady Dorland, die first. Wimsey uncovers love, greed, anguish, betrayal and finally, the bitter truth.

MPAA rating: Not rated.


DVD; Dolby Digital.

ISBN: 1569385637

Standard No.: 054961563791

Publisher. No.: AMP-5637 Acorn Media

Subjects--Topical Terms:
DVD.
Murder--Investigation--England--Drama.
Private investigators--England--Drama.
Wimsey, Peter, Lord (Fictitious character)--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
England--Social life and customs--20th century--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Detective and mystery television programs.