Probably the most "outdoorsy" out of the five Ian Carmichael - Lord Peter Wimsey adventures, though the pacing is still deadening, with long stretches of very little happening. The setup of "six suspects, five red herrings, one murderer" is pleasantly straightforward, but the "who" is actually revealed pretty early on in the final episode, turning the story from a "whodunit" to a "howhedunit". One notable thing is the unmistakable suggestion of a homosexual attraction between two men (I'm assuming that it was also in Dorothy L. Sayers' book, since these adaptations are reputed to be faithful; in fact they may be TOO faithful - there are some characters (Wimsey's two female acquaintances, for example) that just beg to be cut out of the film). **1/2 out of 4.
Review of Five Red Herrings
