Product Details

• Actors: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Julian Ovenden, Jay Simpson
• Writers: Anthony Horowitz
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
• DVD Release Date: March 11, 2003
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0000897AQ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,422 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
By this third episode of Foyle's War, series creator Anthony Horowitz has his characters' fundamentals and British wartime milieu well in hand; he rewards himself by taking this remarkable program to a new high. A Lesson in Murder concerns a cluster of terrible deaths--a jailhouse suicide provoked by abusive police, the monstrous killing of a child, the murder of a judge--directly or indirectly tied to a military draft board tainted by scandal. As Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) investigates the linkages, his two prized assistants, driver Sam (Honeysuckle Weeks) and Detective Milner (Anthony Howell), become personally involved with a pair of naive wartime casualties. Hovering over everything is intensifying gloom over Germany's imminent declaration of war, a homefront crisis making heroes of some and scoundrels of others. Fortunately, steadfast Foyle is there to separate one from the other. --Tom Keogh

From the Back Cover
Michael Kitchen stars as Detective Chief Inspector Christopher Foyle in this original PBS Masterpiece Theatre series. Set in the beautiful southern English countryside amid the disorder and danger of World War II, Foyle's War takes place far from the glory of the front. His is an ordinary struggle-against everyday evil-in extraordinarily dangerous times. A conscientious objector dies in police custody, setting in motion a series of suspicious deaths and a complicated puzzle for Foyle. When Foyle has pieced together the truth, the entry of Italy into the war engulfs a close friend in tragedy. DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE production notes, cast filmographies and scene index.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Foyel's War- A Lesson in Murder and others, February 9, 2008

By	J Book (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews

I am a mystery buff of several decades. I live, almost, to read or watch good mysteries. I used to be a career fraud investigator for 15 years. I know from what I speak here. The best way for me to express my beliefs about this DVD and the series in general is to say it is by far the BEST mystery series I have ever had the pleasure of watching. The actors give flawless performances. I'd like to meet each one in person, in character, to see how they become who they portray. I'd like to meet them in person and congratulate them on how well done their jobs were. This DVD and others in the series are stories you want to watch over and over. They never tire!
I have them all and pray for any others that might be produced! For me, it is impossible to select a favorite DVD among the lot. They are all A1, Prime Cuts to me.