Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors

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Slick, sardonic, and skilled at untangling the most convoluted crimes, Lord Peter Wimsey is truly up against it in “The Nine Tailors”. Nine church bells, known as “tailors,” play a key role in a mystifying murder case based on one of Dorothy L. Sayers’s classics. Ian Carmichael is the ultimate suave sleuth in this acclaimed production from the original BBC series. DVD extras include interactive menus, a scene index, and an interview with Carmichael. 3 hours 20 min. on 4 cassettes or 2 DVDs. Web Extra: Sayers’s colleagues were convinced that Harriet Vane, Wimsey’s love interest, was in fact Sayers herself. One of the first female students allowed to go through Oxford’s graduation ceremonies, Sayers took first honors in medieval literature.

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The original BBC adaptation of one of Dorothy L. Sayers’ most beloved novels. Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey, the erudite, aristocratic detective in what critics have called the best mystery series ever filmed. After a social visit to a grand estate – during which thieves make off with another guest’s valuable jewels – a young, war-bound Wimsey expects he will never have cause to return to the quiet village in the fen country of East Anglia. But twenty years later, he and Bunter are stranded there after an auto mishap, and Wimsey uses his skills as a change-ringer to thank the minister who takes them in. When a mutilated body is found on the estate, Wimsey discovers a connection to the still-missing jewels. But the full picture eludes him until a natural disaster strikes and the nine church bells that signal death in a country town ring out. DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE exclusive Ian Carmichael interview, filmographies, trivia, interactive menus, scene index and more.