HOUSE OF CARDS: FINAL CUT

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• Release Year: 1996
• Genre: Drama, Mystery
• Plot: Urquhart Is Back! Ian Richardson (From Hell, M. Butterfly) returns as malevolent statesman Francis Urquhart in this acclaimed finale to the Masterpiece Theater trilogy that began with House of Cards and continued in To Play the King. Now Prime Minister, and nearing the end of his term, Urquhart plans to let international events help him to a luxurious retirement. But he finds himself caught in someone else's power play, and for the first time he is unable to see a way out. Will he outwit his enemies one last time, or will his long career end in disgrace and defeat? Brilliantly adapted by Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones's Diary), from Michael Dobbs's best-selling novel, this satirical trilogy took home a primetime Emmy, a Peabody, two BAFTAs and a Writers' Guild Award.
• Cast: Ian Richardson, Diane Fletcher, Paul Freeman, Isla Blair, Nickolas Grace, Glyn Grain, Nick Brimble, Dorothy Vernon, Andrew Seear, Peter Symonds, John Rowe, Yolanda Vazquez, Duggie Brown, Susannah Harker, Kevork Malikyan, David Ryall, Joseph Long, Cherith Mellor, Erika Hoffman, Leon Lissek, Tom Beasley, Richard Bebb, Sue Edelson, David Ashford, David Henry, Julian Fellowes, Miles Richardson, Bunny May, Alison Peebles, William Scott-Masson, Barry McCarthy, Michael Wardle, Nicholas Blane, Boyd Clack, John Langford, Kate Ricketts, Brian Baines, Carole Copeland, Ian Mercer, Kenneth Alan Taylor, John Lambert, Roger Grainger, Muriel Pavlow, Maria Redmond, Lynne Verrall, Gwendolyn Watts, Derek Lea, Ray Nicholas, Marc Cass, Trevor Steedman, Michael Fabricant, Mike Vardy, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs
• Director: Mike Vardy
• Runtime: 3:20
• Company: BBC Video, BBC Worldwide America Inc.,, Warner Bros.
• Media Format: Series