''Red Fox'' is a British

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, a thriller based on the international bestselling 1979 novel of the same name by

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in two parts on 8 and 15 December 1991, it stars

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, François Négret, and Brian Cox.Jones, Lewis. "Foxed in Europe", ''The Daily Telegraph'' (9 December 1991): p. 15. It was produced by

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in association with

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for the

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network.

Cast

as Archie Carpenter *

as Violet Harrison *

as Paul de Vigny *François Négret as Louis * Brian Cox as Geoffrey Harrison * Corinne Touzet as Justine *

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as Ambassador *

Michael Thomas Michael or Mike Thomas may refer to: Entertainment * Michael M. Thomas (born 1936), American novelist of financial thrillers * Michael Tilson Thomas (born 1944), American conductor, pianist, and composer * Michael Thomas (actor) (1952–2019), Bri ...

as Johnson *Marc Samuel as Anatole *John Vine as Woodley *David Saville as Sir David Adams

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