A stranger arrives at an upper class family household at dinnertime and announces himself as Inspector Poole. He says he is investigating the case of a young girl called Eva Smith who has committed suicide. He slowly reveals the secrets that each and every member of the family harbour, and how these secrets make them complicit in her death. When the last piece of the jigsaw of past and present events is put into place by the inscrutable Inspector, he is revealed to be a fraud. On discovery of this, the family switch from guilty fear to righteous indignation and prepare to resume their lives as if nothing had happened – until they discover that the end of their ordeal is in reality only the beginning. From the director of The Colditz Story and Goldfinger comes this superbly acted British drama, based on the famous stage play which was recently revived for the West End by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot).

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