Recluse

Name: Recluse
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1981-01-01
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Maurice Denham, Derek Smith, Anne Tirard, Doel Luscombe, Tony Beard

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1981

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27 min

Runtime

Crime

Drama

Overview

A reconstruction of the possible events that might have led up to the real-life tragic case of the Luxton family who lived at West Chapple Farm, Winkleigh, Devon. Brothers and sister Robert, Alan and Frances Luxton had lived in the farm for many years. On 23 September 1975 their bodies were found with shotgun wounds outside their farmhouse.

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true crime

Cast

Maurice Denham

Derek Smith

Anne Tirard

Doel Luscombe

Tony Beard

Sandra Scriven

Myrtle Devenish

Judith Sidney

M.J. Mathews

Robert Pitman

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@Geronimo1967

June 27, 2025

6/10

Based around real events, this follows a few hours in the lives of an elderly trio of siblings who have managed their family farm all their lives, but who are now having to face some economic realities that are going to result in changes none of them want, but that one of them is more determined to …

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