Softly Softly A Quantity of Gelignite (Season 4, Episode 21)
TV Episode | 50 min | Crime, Drama

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Softly Softly

A Quantity of Gelignite (Season 4, Episode 21)

TV Episode | 50 min | Crime, Drama

Tramp Dicky Bird overhears a conversation about the sale of gelignite to the unassuming Stanley Mellish. The original seller is warned off but Yob muscles into the sale after beating Bird to death. But what are Mellish's real motives?

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Jan 30, 1969 (United Kingdom)

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Frank Windsor Det. Chief Insp. John Watt Det. Chief Insp. John Watt See fewer	A for Andromeda (1961)
Norman Bowler Det. Sgt. Harry Hawkins Det. Sgt. Harry Hawkins See fewer	Softly Softly: Task Force (1969)
Peggy Sinclair PW Det. Sgt. Barbara Allin PW Det. Sgt. Barbara Allin See fewer	Softly Softly (1966)
Cyril Cross PC Denby PC Denby See fewer	The Orchard End Murder (1981)
Peter Cellier Stanley Mellish Stanley Mellish See fewer	A Room with a View (1985)
Thomas Heathcote Rimmer Rimmer See fewer	A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Margaret Ford Megan Mellish Megan Mellish See fewer	The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
Clare Sutcliffe Clare McAllister Clare McAllister See fewer	Softly Softly (1966)
Edwin Finn Dicky Bird Dicky Bird See fewer	Time Bandits (1981)
Anthony Valentine Yob Yob See fewer	Scobie in September (1969)
Derek Martin Taxi Driver Taxi Driver See fewer	Law & Order (1978)
Andrew Laurence Simpson Simpson See fewer	Macbeth (1971)
Anne Kidd Receptionist (as Ann Kidd) Receptionist (as Ann Kidd) See fewer	The Jacket (2005)
Dave Carter Barman Barman See fewer	No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977)
John Levene Youth Youth See fewer	BeetleBorgs (1996)