The Chest

  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Run time: 50 min
  • Premiere: 1997. April 12.

Comedy drama about John Croft (Neil Morrissey), a failed businessman who is heavily in debt when he finds a wallet which contains a map which he later finds could lead him to hidden treasure. He decides to search for the treasure alone, but Roland Blood (Jim Carter), a dealer in naval antiquities, is not far behind. Croft follows the clues on the map from a castle to a church to a seaside promotory and finds the spot where the treasure was buried is the site of a new beachside housing development. He tries to buy the house, but his bank manager does not look kindly on his proposal and his wife is about to discover that he re-mortgaged her home. He decides to take drastic action…

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Helen Bennett

Mrs. Cooke

Tony Bluto

Kenny Thurblik

Jim Carter

Roland Blood

Soo Drouet

Mrs. Thurblik

Gina McKee

Fiona Croft

Neil Morrissey

John Croft

Richard Huw

Martin Stamp

Directing

Production

Mark Redhead

Producer

Andy Harries

Executive Producer

Writing

Peter Morgan

Screenplay

Directing

Production

Mark Redhead

Producer

Andy Harries

Executive Producer

Writing

Peter Morgan

Screenplay