Good Thief, A (ITV1 2002, Kay Mellor, Angel Coulby)

Thriller. Rita witnesses the murder of a man and agrees to testify. With the villains out to get her she is forced to go on the run with her daughter and elderly friend. Penniless, but staying in an expensive hotel, she is forced to pit her wits against a local department store – finding ways to make money by exploiting their returns policy with goods she has not actually bought.

UK | ITV1 | 1×120 minutes | 22 July 2002 | 9:00pm

Writer: Kay Mellor | Director: Douglas MacKinnon | Producer: Pippa Cross

cast
KAY MELLOR as Rita | LIZ SMITH as Lizzie | ANGEL COULBY as Leah | DENISE BLACK as Mrs Lavery | RICHARD HEAP as Jez | MARTIN REEVE as Ray | ADRIAN KENNEDY as Rob | VINCENT DAVIS as Micky | NAOMI RADCLIFFE as Joanne

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