The Dragon's Opponent
4-part miniseries dramatising the true-life adventures of Charles "Mad Jack" Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, whose daring wartime exploits included rescuing dozens of refugee European nuclear scientists, a large supply of heavy water and millions of pounds in diamonds just before the Germans captured Paris, and then became a self-taught bomb disposal expert who successfully defused dozens of large German bombs during the London Blitz.
- Runtime
- 50m
- Released
- 1973
Details
Release year: 1973
Storyline
4-part miniseries dramatising the true-life adventures of Charles "Mad Jack" Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, whose daring wartime exploits included rescuing dozens of refugee European nuclear scientists, a large supply of heavy water and millions of pounds in diamonds just before the Germans captured Paris, and then became a self-taught bomb disposal expert who successfully defused dozens of large German bombs during the London Blitz.
Top credits
- Ronald Pickup — Jack Howard
- Anton Darby — Greville Howard
- Virginia McKenna — Margaret - Countess of Suffolk
- Veronica Lang — Mimi Crawford