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The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man

7.0·1975·1 seasons · 8 episodes·Series
CrimeDrama
Synopsis

After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain 'dead' after the most recent one so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.

Episodes

Season 1
E1Wheel of FortuneThe wheel spins from a wounded scramble across moors to a wages robbery to raise funds for survival.E2Tower of DestructionThe tower is the high skeletal framework above a power station under construction. Burnett and Crowe go back over the private airfield and the ashes of the plane crash that killed Burnett's wife.E3Knave of CoinsThe Knave is an accountant in Locarno, protected by bodyguards and an electrified fence - the architect of embezzlement. And some of it is Burnett's money.E4Chariot of EarthThe chariot drives across the coast of Scotland where North Sea oil and the land where it will devour conflict in a struggle for the world's highest stakes. This is where one of Burnett's ex-partners realised ambition when he bought a Highland estate and its lairdship.E5The Bridge MakerThat's what they called Lew Burnett when he ran a contract in a totalitarian police state. If he goes back to find answers he will find himself accessory to corruption, under sentence of death, and will be chained to a prison wall.E6Grail and PlatterThe polished practitioners of organised crime in Detroit learn that Burnett is alive and can still provide something they want.E7Laws of FortuneThe laws are the tricky rules of high finance which Burnett has played all his commercial life and has to play again, on the run and under darkness.E8Ring of ReturnTons of concrete are poured onto a motorway bridge - and the police want Crowe and Burnett for murder.
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