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Poccari is asked to investigate The Treviso dam, Carlo Francini claims inferior materials are being used, when Poccari arrives, he learns that Carlo has fallen to his death.

Alan Bates and Judith Dench, not an Oscar winning movie, but the concluding episode of this hugely entertaining series. Initially I was somewhat disappointed that it wasn't a concluding episode that features all four men, but Treviso Dam is an excellent finale.

Credit to the production team, the visuals are fantastic, even the sets (which of course are a little clunky,) look passable, and that death scene looked pretty great, very bleak.

Fenella Fielding clearly had some fun as the whimsical Contessa, so over the top. George Pastell was great as Mazza, what a presence.

A shame this was the final episode, but this show probably wasn't cheap to make, and having all four actors free must have been challenging.

8/10.

I was surprised to see that an all-time favorite director of mine, Basil Dearden, was in charge of this fine TV episode of the series "The Four Just Men". It was shot just after two of his greatest feature films: "Sapphire" and "The League of Gentlemen" (with the classic Dirk Bogarde movie "Victim" coming next), yet here was an assignment for the small screen.

Vittorio De Sica dominates the show, truly an authoritative presence. It was delightful to watch his scenes with young ingenue Judi Dench, two pantheon greats together!. And Alan Bates cast against type was fun to watch. The ending is tough to take, setting up the next episode which was not to be, as ITC yanked the series after just one year.

The Four Just Men goes out with a guest cast that includes Judi Dench and Alan Bates.

Ricco Poccari leaves Rome to visit Anna (Dench.) Her boyfriend has just died during the construction of a major dam. He had written to Poccari warning him that substandard materials were being used.

Now Poccari looks at a potential murder investigation. Could Max Mazza be responsible whose firm operates the construction project. Or it could be jealousy, another construction worker Giorgio (Bates) also has an eye for Anna.

With the help of The Contessa, Poccari sets a trap to catch the killer.

A standard mystery, elevated with two main actors that would become British greats.