Product Details

• Actors: Mike Gwilym, Mick Ford, James Maxwell, Susan Wooldridge
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Acorn Media
• DVD Release Date: August 12, 2008
• Run Time: 309 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001A33ZIK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,505 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Dick Francis Thriller - The Racing Game" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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DICK FRANCIS THRILLER:RACING GAME - DVD Movie

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Especially recommended to Dick Francis fans, mystery buffs, and community library DVD collections!, August 13, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dick Francis Thriller - The Racing Game (DVD)

A superbly produced production, "The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game" is a six episode, two volume boxed set that originally aired in the U.S. on the PBS award winning series 'Mystery!' in its 1980 inaugural season. Sid Halley is a star steeple chase rider who suffers a career-ending injury that ends his riding career and launches him into life as a private detective who specializes in all manner of race track mischief from bookies, to blackmailers, to murder. From top-notch acting, to spot on set designs, to a meticulous attention to Dick Francis' original story, "The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game" provides a bit more than five hours of riveting entertainment and is especially recommended to Dick Francis fans, mystery buffs, and community library DVD collections!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great series, October 15, 2008

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S. Chatterjee "onereader" (Phoenix) - See all my reviews
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Loved this series. Very true to the Dick Francis Mysteries that featured Sid Halley. I've seen the other "movies" that were based on Dick Frances works and they were horrible. Barely recognizable as being based on his books. Watching this series was pure pleasure. Well written and well acted. Sure wish there were more!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dick Francis? Brilliant as always!, April 14, 2009

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V. Pertzel (Queensland Australia) - See all my reviews
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As a long-time devoted fan of the complicated Dick Francis books, I was hesitant to try a TV version of the stories, wondering how any of his stories could be condensed into an hour. I need not have worried, the stories are up to standard and the Halley character with his "bionic hand" is well done and believable.
Well worth the purchase!