First broadcast 13th March 1991.
Struggling artist Harry Field is found murdered and thrown off an overpass but recent rains and a dry body lead Morse to conclude he was killed over a week earlier.
John Thaw - Chief Inspector Morse
Kevin Whately - Detective Sergeant Lewis
Trevor Byfield - Harry Field
John Castle - Tony Doyle
Geraldine James - Helen Field
Nicola Cowper - Jane Marriot
Steven Payne - Sergeant Taylor
Andy Mulligan - Gordon Collins
Helena Lymbery - Barmaid
Sean Cranitch - Patrol Man
David Belcher - Landlord
Maureen Bennett - Val Lewis
Philip Locke - Freddie Mortimer
Veronica Lang - Julia
Ronald Pickup - Ian Matthews
Freddie Jones - Harry Field Senior
Vania Vilers - Paul Eirl
Jeremy Clyde - Roger McMill
Dicken Ashworth - George Drummond
Anna Patrick - Eirl's Secretary
Stephan Grothgar - Carl (as Stephen Grothgar)
James Grout - Chief Superintendent Strange
Brian Lipson - McCabe
Colin Dexter - Man in group when Ian Matthews presents Morse with postcard
