An Unsuitable Job For a Woman

• Directors: Ben Bolt; David Evans; John Strickland
• Genre: Mystery
• Movie Type: Detective Film
• Themes: Private Eyes
• Release Year: 1997
• Run Time: 330 minutes

Plot

Based on a novel by mystery specialist P.D. James, the British drama series An Unsuitable Job for a Woman starred Helen Baxendale as the attractive title character. Employed by a seedy private detective agency, Cordelia Gray (Baxendale) was obliged to take over the business when her boss committed suicide. With next to no detective experience, Cordelia stumbled her way through a variety of life-threatening cases, managing to keep alive and to round up any and all culprits with the assistance of protective office assistant Edith Sparshott (Annette Crosbie). A co-production of Britain's HTV and America's WGBH-TV, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman debuted in England on October 24, 1997, yielding a total of six hour-long and two two-hour episodes as of 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Annette Crosbie - Edith Sparshott; Gemma Jones; Rosemary Leach; Phyllis Logan; Ian McDiarmid; Struan Rodger; Julian Rhind-Tutt; Helen Baxendale - Cordelia Gray; Hugh Lawson

Credit

Ben Bolt - Director, David Evans - Director, John Strickland - Director, Jerry Leon - Editor, Rebecca Eaton - Executive Producer, Douglas Rae - Executive Producer, Stephen Matthews - Executive Producer, Colin Towns - Composer (Music Score), John Daly - Cinematographer, Dick Dodd - Cinematographer, Cohen Ludlow - Producer, Debbie Shewell - Producer, Ian Strachan - Producer, Christopher Russell - Screenwriter, William Humble - Screenwriter, P.D. James - Book Author