"Castle De'ath" is one of the weaker entries with Mrs. Peel, with an atmospheric setting in a Scottish castle, but uninteresting characters. One cousin is played by Robert Urquhart, later seen in "Wish You Were Here," but best remembered as Peter Cushing's reluctant assistant in Hammer's "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957). The other is played by Gordon Jackson, also a Hammer veteran (1955's "The Quatermass Xperiment"). We do get to catch Jock McSteed displaying the Macnee family crest, and the delectable sight of Diana Rigg walking around in a see-through nightgown, plus a buttoned outfit with all but the top button unbuttoned, revealing her navel and brassiere (how could Steed have missed it?) Were it not for the location shooting, it would have been acceptable as a left over Cathy Gale script, which would have been worse. Balding Russell Waters made one returning appearance, in "Thingumajig."
Review of Castle De'ath
