Ruth Rendell Mysteries Achilles Heel (Season 5, Episode 11)
TV-14
TV Episode | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Achilles Heel (Season 5, Episode 11)

TV-14

TV Episode | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Wexford and Burden go on a holiday to France together with their wives, they meet an alluring English couple. Reg becomes transfixed by the wife, and is shocked when he gets back home to hear she has been kidnapped.

Director

Sandy Johnson

Writers

Ruth Rendell (novel) | Guy Hibbert (adaptation) | John Davies (originally developed for television by)

Producer

Neil Zeiger

Composer

Brian Bennett

Cinematographer

Ken Brinsley (lighting cameraman)

Editor

Christopher Wentzell

Casting Director

Doreen Jones

Production Designer

Christine Ruscoe

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 26, 1991

Release date

Dec 26, 1991 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
20 cast members

Name	Known for
George Baker Det. Chief Insp. Wexford Det. Chief Insp. Wexford See fewer	On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Christopher Ravenscroft Det. Insp. Burden Det. Insp. Burden See fewer	Henry V (1989)
Louie Ramsay Dora Wexford Dora Wexford See fewer	Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
Diane Keen Jenny Burden Jenny Burden See fewer	Sweeney! (1977)
Stephen Dillane Philip Blackstock Philip Blackstock See fewer	The Hours (2002)
Kim Barclay Iris Blackstock Iris Blackstock See fewer	A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
André Oumansky Ange Ange See fewer	Babel (I) (2006)
Julia Lane Anna Ashby Anna Ashby See fewer	Inspector Morse (1987)
Robert Hands PC Stevens PC Stevens See fewer	Anna and the King (1999)
Charlotte Howard Linda Blackstock Linda Blackstock See fewer	Cold Comfort Farm (1968)
Norman Eshley Jon Walsh Jon Walsh See fewer	Warship (1973)
Sadie Shimmin Cleaner Cleaner See fewer	Wallander (2008)
Saira Todd Lucy Rieux Lucy Rieux See fewer	Playing the Field (1998)
Kate O'Connell Jane Conway Jane Conway See fewer	Baby Boom (1987)
Preston Lockwood Auden Auden See fewer	Time Bandits (1981)
Ann Way Mrs. Penn (as Anna Way) Mrs. Penn (as Anna Way) See fewer	Brazil (1985)
Philip McGough Forensic Scientist Forensic Scientist See fewer	Les Misérables (1998)
Richard Strange Photographer Photographer See fewer	Batman (1989)
Mark Chapman Hospital Porter (uncredited) Hospital Porter (uncredited) See fewer	The Barn (2024)
Angie Hill Blonde Model (uncredited) Blonde Model (uncredited) See fewer	Split Second (1992)