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The Wolvercote Tongue

Laura Poindexter, a rich American tourist, dies in the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, apparently from a heart attack, but Morse suspects foul play. Laura was due to return a historic jewel to an Oxford museum, and it has gone missing. Then Dr Kemp, who is a womanizing historian, dies of a fall, Lucy Downes is crushed to death in a telephone box, and Dr Kemp's widow appears to take a fatal overdose of Paracetomol.Morse believes the deaths are all linked.

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  • Originally Aired December 25, 1987
  • Runtime 101 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-14
  • Network ITV1
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Created July 16, 2014 by
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  • Modified June 3, 2023 by
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Name Type Role
Julian Mitchell Writer
Alastair Reid Director
Colin Dexter Director
John Thaw Actor Chief Inspector Morse
Cherith Mellor Actor Fiona Hall
Peter Woodthorpe Actor Max
Sara Coward Actor Lynn
John Bloomfield Actor Phil Aldrich
Kevin Whately Actor Detective Sergeant Lewis
Nicholas Bell Actor Doctor Swain
Robert Arden Actor Eddie Poindexter
Ron Copsey Actor Waiter
Mildred Shay Actor Janet Roscoe
Simon Callow Actor Theodore Kemp
Tim Faulkner Actor Hotel Manager
Christine Norden Actor Laura Poindexter
Jane Bertish Actor Marion Kemp
Kenneth Cranham Actor Cedric Downes
Iain Ormsby-Knox Actor Duty Sergeant
Bill Reimbold Actor Howard Brown
Christine Kavanagh Actor Lucy Downes
Teddy Thompson Actor Waitress
Roberta Taylor Actor Sheila Williams
Maureen Morris Actor Nurse
Shirley Brown Actor Helena Stevens