Harpur and Iles: Protection

92 minutes

1/1/1997

Overview

Underworld boss Bernie 'Tenderness' Mellick is certainly paying a heavy price for maiming Ivor Wright in a firebombing. For Wright's men have now kidnapped his eleven-year-old son Graham. Senior Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral superior ACC Desmond Iles must rescue the boy from the kidnappers before Tenderness takes his revenge in this adaptation of Bill James' novel Protection.

Cast List

Hywel Bennett
as ACC Desmond Iles
Aneirin Hughes
as Det. Supt. Colin Harpur
Jim Carter
as Tenderness Mellick
Dafydd Hywel
as Det. Supt. Hubert Scott
Patrick Robinson
as DCI Francis Garland
Di Botcher
as Jane Mellick
Brian Hibbard
as Ancient Dave
Ian Puleston-Davies
as Rick the Intelligent
Peter-Hugo Daly
as Milton Bain
Louise Breckon-Richards
as WDC Wendy James
Liam James
as Graham Mellick
Ken Drury
as ACC Adrian Bundy
Jâms Thomas
as DC Rob Cotton
Steven Elliot
as DC Brian Avery
Cara Konig
as Sara Iles
Victoria Williams
as Megan Harpur
Phil Harries
as DC Leo Peters
James Coombes
as Jack Lamb
Sara McGaughey
as Madeleine Church
Jeff Diamond
as Ivor Wright
Rhodri Hugh
as Vernon King
Philip Howe
as Dennis
James Westaway
as Reg Carboni
Vikki Meakin
as Hazel Harpur
Anna Coulbeck
as Jill Harpur
Christine Morris
as TV Reporter
Steve Elias
as Hotel Receptionist
Simon Ludders
as Bank Manager
Mike Eastman
as Police Sergeant