Guest Stars James Grout as Chief Superintendent Strange Penny Downie as Wendy Hazlitt Brian Cox as Michael Steppings Ian McNeice as Pathologist Janet Suzman as Claire Brewster Robert Swann as Mark Felsham Adam Maxwell as Policeman Keith Hazemore as Policeman Fiona Farley as Fingerprint Officer Kate Hillier as Nurse Jenny Lynch as W.P.C. Connor Byrne as Constable Willis John Bett as Thomas Neely Martin East as Policeman Jestyn Philips as Card Player David Goudge as Policeman Nicholas Haverson as Operator Peter Leafe as Caretaker Richard Owens as Mathew Brewster Sarah Souster as Nurse Peter Aubrey as Sergeant Benson Lou Wakefield as Forensic Scientist Timothy Morand as Mr Hart Patrick Godfrey as Doctor Greer Charlie Hawkins as Policeman Su Elliot as Mrs Hart Jason Durr as John Brewster Carol Starks as Jane Folley Uncredited Colin Dexter as College porter showing Morse and Lewis to John Brewster