Chancer

Name: Chancer
Released: 1990-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Clive Owen, Simon Shepherd, Leslie Phillips

Drama 1990

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Stephen Crane (Clive Owen) is a chancer - a schemer who looks for opportunity and seizes it through manipulation. A young London business analyst, con-man and outsider, Crane is called in to save Douglas Motors, a crumbling firm owned by the decadent Douglas family.

Drama 1990

TV-14

Starring Clive Owen, Simon Shepherd, Leslie Phillips

EPISODE 1

Weapons from the Wall

When the Douglas Motors factory is destroyed in a suspected arson attack, Gavin Nichols, son-in-law of managing director Robert Douglas, calls upon an old friend for help.

51 min · Mar 6, 1990 TV-14
EPISODE 2

Killing Floor

Crane attempts to save Douglas Motors by stealing 500,000 pounds from his boss in an insider trading scam, while Robert hires a private detective to look for Jamie.

50 min · Mar 13, 1990 TV-14
EPISODE 3

Hazard

Crane tries to secure a job for himself with Douglas Motors after he and Jo are sacked from the bank.

50 min · Mar 20, 1990 TV-14
EPISODE 4

Trust

Desperate to get his money back, Blake takes revenge on Crane by spilling the beans about his past to Robert. Meanwhile, Tom is also out for revenge.

50 min · Mar 27, 1990 TV-14
EPISODE 5

Pretenders

Crane discovers that Douglas Motors has been the victim of a scam operated by Fitchford, Lunchbox and Gerald. An absent Jamie returns home after two years in the French Foreign Legion.

50 min · Apr 3, 1990 TV-14
EPISODE 6

Possessions

Robert is forced to come clean to Crane after using the money from the bank to pay off Jamie's gambling debts. Jo begins an affair with Piers behind Crane's back.

50 min · Apr 10, 1990 TV-14

Clive Owen

Derek Love / Stephen Crane
Simon Shepherd

Piers Garfield-Ward
Leslie Phillips

James Xavier Blake
Susannah Harker

Joanna Franklyn
Peter Vaughan

Thomas Franklyn

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Studio: FLMRIS
Released: 1990
Rated: TV-14

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Original Audio: English
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (AD, AAC, CC, SDH)

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: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
: Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.

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