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It's Dark Outside: With William Mervyn, Keith Barron, June Tobin, John Carson. Chief Inspector Rose (William Mervyn), previously seen in 'The Odd Man' and later to have his own series, investigates off-beat cases assisted by Detective Sergeant Swift (Keith Barron).
- (35)
- 1964-01-03
- Drama
- 60
Jun 22, 2016 · It’s Dark Outside is very much an oddity. It’s wildly uneven and it suffers from a certain amount of genre confusion - it’s not sure if it wants to be a quirky cop series, a soap opera or a slice of heavy-handed moralising social realism.
16 x 55 minute episodes. This spin-off from The Odd Man (1962) starred William Mervyn as the acerbic Inspector Rose. Rose and the soft-hearted pensive Detective Sgt Swift (Keith Barron) were joined by Anthony (John Carson) and Alice (June Toblin) Brand, a barrister and his journalist wife, though not for long.
An old Irish habitual criminal gets out of prison and starts work for a confidence man who lures victims with a spiritualism scheme.But one has been led to suicide, and the ex-con has unwittingly stolen valuable evidence. Rate.
It's Dark Outside. The characters of Rose and Swift were then given their own series, It's Dark Outside, which ran for two series in 1964 and 1965.
Overview. It’s Dark Outside follows the sharp-witted and memorably prickly detective as he tackles a fresh batch of cases. Assisting Rose in Series One is the more amenable DS Swift (played by a youthful Keith Barron), with John Carson as solicitor Anthony Brand and June Tobin as Brand’s journalist wife, Alice; Series Two sees Rose verbally ...
It’s Dark Outside follows the sharp-witted and memorably prickly detective as he tackles a fresh batch of cases.
