Guest Stars James Grout as Chief Superintendent Strange Frances Barber as Nicole Burgess Michael Kitchen as Russell Clark Georges Corraface as Claudio Battisti Tattiana Colombo as Piera Conti Alan Rowe as Alistair Haines Giorgio Serafini as Tomaso Salafia Cesare Landricina as Driver Ponso Jane Snowden as Maureen Dyson Kate Harper as Patti Wilcox Jane Wenham as Judith Haines Julia Goodman as May Lawrence Valeria Fabbri as Nicole's Dresser Allan Mitchell as Coroner Peter Blythe as Kenneth Lawrence Jolyon Baker as Guido Ventura Christopher Hunter as Andreas Heller Uncredited Colin Dexter as Man at Opera