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Visitors (1987)
Directed by Piers Haggard
Overview
This was the last of Dennis Potter’s “one-shot, one-slot” plays for television. It had its origins in Potter’s 1983 play “Sufficient Carbohydrate,” about two middle-aged executives, one English, one American, who both work for the same multinational food company. Together, they vacation with their wives on a Greek island. In the TV adaptation, British businessman Jack becomes bitter as he faces the prospect of seeing his family company taken over by an American corporation. On a holiday at an Italian villa with his new manager, Eddie, he begins to stir up antagonism prompting Eddie’s son Clayton to fantasize a murderous outcome.
Length 89 minutes
Actors
Robert MacNaughton | John Standing | Nicola Pagett | Michael Brandon | Glynis Barber | Mara Minniti | Christiana Sartoretti | Enrico Masciolini | Giorgio Pangaro