Thursday, August 23, 2012

AS SEEN ON TV: FINLAY PERKIN


FINLAY PERKIN

CREATED BY:
James Michener

PORTRAYED BY:
Clive Revill

AS SEEN IN:
'Centennial'

TV DIMENSION:
Earth Prime-Time

From Wikipedia:
[Oliver] Seccombe proves to be a poor businessman with questionable morals and the finances of the ranch are eventually called into question by the Venneford's British investors. They dispatch Finlay Perkin, a dour Scottish accountant, to audit Venneford's books. Seccombe has been secretly selling off ranch cattle to fund his activities. Perkin soon realizes that Seccombe is skimming money after seeing the combination of thousands of missing cattle and Seccombe's palatial new ranch house, evidence of his profligate spending. Seccombe's crimes are covered over however when a terrible blizzard hits the region, killing many of the ranch's cattle and thereby hiding the losses incurred by Seccombe's embezzlement. The blizzard saves him from formal legal charges; however he is still compelled to resign in disgrace and turn over ranch operations to John Skimmerhorn.


BCnU!

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