Crossfire The Motive, Not the Deed (Season 1, Episode 3)
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Crossfire

The Motive, Not the Deed (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Thriller

Waitress Clare Bennett is tasked to entrap Freddie Ross. Duffy dumps Scanlon's body in the North making it look like the work of the R.U.C but raises suspicious. McCarthy begins a dummy operation to test Duffy's loyalty.

Director

Writer

Producer

Composer

Editor

Robert Bathgate (as Bob Bathgate)

Production Designer

Alex Gourlay

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Updated Mar 29, 1988

Release date

Mar 29, 1988 (United Kingdom)

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Eamon Boland Freddie Ross Freddie Ross See fewer	Fox (1980)
Sean Caffrey Chief Insp. Daisy Burke Chief Insp. Daisy Burke See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Alan Devlin Eamon Duffy Eamon Duffy See fewer	Leap Year (2010)
Tony Doyle Donal McCarthy Donal McCarthy See fewer	Ballykissangel (1996)
Emer Gillespie Clare Barrett Clare Barrett See fewer	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Hilary Reynolds Maureen Barrett Maureen Barrett See fewer	Indecent Proposal (1993)
Virginia Cole Mrs. Duffy Mrs. Duffy See fewer	Crossfire (1988)
Denys Hawthorne Daniel Kent Daniel Kent See fewer	Emma (1996)
James Donnelly Thomas Mallin Thomas Mallin See fewer	Department S (1969)
Des McAleer Dermot Shea Dermot Shea See fewer	Hunger (2008)
Alan Barry Padraig Redmond Padraig Redmond See fewer	The Bounty (1984)
Christopher Whitehouse Frank Gallagher Frank Gallagher See fewer	Bergerac (1981)
Joseph Crilly Dominic Dominic See fewer	Stumbling (2022)
Liam O'Callaghan Eugene Byrne McManus Eugene Byrne McManus See fewer	Excalibur (1981)
Roy Heaybeard Vincent Knox Vincent Knox See fewer	Finbar's Class (1995)
Patrick Duggan Father Driscoll Father Driscoll See fewer	Armchair Theatre (1956)
Scott Fredericks TV interviewer TV interviewer See fewer	Triangle (1981)
Tom Price Duggan Duggan See fewer	Crossfire (1988)
John Keegan Sean Scanlon Sean Scanlon See fewer	Lifeforce (1985)
Graham Cole Terrorist (uncredited) Terrorist (uncredited) See fewer	Pareidolia (I) (2023)