A Leap in the Dark

Directed by Claude Whatham
Writer: Hugh Leonard (writer), Jed Purcell (adaptation)

1960

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• Sheila Allen . . . . . . . . Stella Morrisey
  Ian Bannen . . . . . . . . Charlie Spencer
  Desmond Braden . . . . . . . . Georgie Spencer
  Frank Finlay . . . . . . . . Alfred Wilson
  Fred Johnson . . . . . . . . Robert Spencer
  Ray McAnally . . . . . . . . Denis Brody
  Bernadette O'Farrell . . . . . . . . Kay Brody
  Sheila Ward . . . . . . . . Lena Spencer
  
  This production featured Sheila Allen who would play Frank's wife in the huge TV hit Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1976) and its sequel Another Bouquet (1977).

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  Scottish actor Ian Bannen was making his mark in this Granda production. He would go on to be nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), as well as two BAFTA Film Awards for his performances in The Offence (1973) and Hope and Glory (1987).
  
  Bannen's other notable roles were in The Hill (1965), Penelope (1966), From Beyond the Grave (1974), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), Eye of the Needle (1981), Braveheart (1995) and Waking Ned (1998), which earned him a Satellite Award.