The Dragon's Opponent

4-part miniseries dramatising the true-life adventures of Charles "Mad Jack" Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, whose daring wartime exploits included rescuing dozens of refugee European nuclear scientists, a large supply of heavy water and millions of pounds in diamonds just before the Germans captured Paris, and then became a self-taught bomb disposal expert who successfully defused dozens of large German bombs during the London Blitz.

Cast

Ronald Pickup

Charles "Mad Jack" Howard

Anton Darby

Greville Howard

Virginia McKenna

Margaret - Countess of Suffolk

Angela Douglas

Beryl Morden

Peter Copley

Dr. Gough

Vincent Ball

Captain McColm

Veronica Lang

Mimi Crawford

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