We just see ex-squaddie, ex-ballroom dance champion Nielson (Donald Sumpter, the long-time character player in a rare lead role) in training (running with weights in his pockets), poring over his scrapbooks (military service in Kenya, post office robberies in England), tending to his shotguns and other equipment, being coldly hateful to his wife (Marjorie Yates) and daughter (Sylvia O???Donnell),