A prosecutor trying to restore General Pugh’s confidence by promising to expose enough smugglers to destroy their organization. He arranges for troops to wait at an old monastery and suggests that Joseph Ransley may betray the other members.
Jack is an actor friend of Chick Byrd. After Jack dies by suicide, his widow tells Chick that agent Tommy Morris had offered Jack a job just after his death. Chick follows up on the information and takes the commercial work, which becomes the turning point in Chick's career.
Alfred's older brother and the reigning King of Wessex. He summons Alfred from his religious vows to aid in battle against the Vikings. He dies shortly after Alfred's marriage, triggering Alfred's reluctant ascent to the throne.
Martin is a blocked screenwriter who invites actress Helen to a London hotel to discuss a play he is writing with her in mind. As he fixates on a businessman and an escort who seem to enact his unwritten story, his fear and imagination blur with reality, culminating in Helen's apparent murder and his despair.
A German paratrooper who captures John, Cliff, and Tom while they are eating at a farmhouse. The British soldiers soon turn the tables and take him prisoner, but he speaks English and manipulates them into sparing his life. He accompanies them toward the frontline, where John later decides to kill him while they are taking cover.
Alan Dobie has 30 screen credits in a career dating back to 1959. Signature works include The Hospice, Our Young Mr. Wignall, Night Mail 2. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
