Dying Day (1980)

8.0/10 • 102 min •

Overview

A lonely man with punctilious habits listens to a tape cassette of ambient barroom sounds, which include the hushed tones of two men plotting to kill him; but when a policeman listens, all the sounds are there except those of the two men. Later, Skipling receives an unwanted visit from a doctor and a welcome visit from his "befriender

Cast

Ian McKellen

Antony Skipling

Maurice Kaufmann

First Interrogator

Prentis Hancock

Second Interrogator

David Ryall

Lane

Patrick Malahide

Police Sergeant

Michael Troughton

Police Constable

Gwyneth Powell

Doris

Cyril Shaps

Mountjoy

Hector Ross

Customer

Sylvia Marriott

Customer

Anton Phillips

Roger

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