Priest/Murderer — It Couldn't Happen Here Character Profile

About Priest/Murderer

Plays a religious priest who leads schoolchildren and commands fishermen to haul a cross from the sea. Also portrays an elderly hitchhiker described as a serial killer, who brandishes knives but abruptly leaves the car without harming Neil and Chris.

Character Facts

Played by

Joss Ackland

Appears in

It Couldn't Happen Here (1988)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Priest/Murderer — Conflict Target & Pursuer — Self (Chris Lowe)

  Antagonistic pursuit.

• Priest/Murderer — Power Authority Figures — Uncle Dredge/Postcard Seller/Ventriloquist (Gareth Hunt)

  Thematic antagonists.

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• Self (Neil Tennant)
• Self (Chris Lowe)
• Seaside Landlady/Neil's mother (Barbara Windsor)
• Pilot/Car Salesman/Coachman (Neil Dickson)
• Uncle Dredge/Postcard Seller/Ventriloquist (Gareth Hunt)
• Dancer (Stephanie Buttle)
• Cafe Waitress (Carmen du Sautoy)
• Dancer (Natalie Roles)
• Girl at the Beach/Girl Hitchhiker/Girl on the Bicycle (Dominique Barnes)
• Dancer (Heavon Grant)
• Dancer (Tom Searle)
• Dancer (Chris Tudor)