The Hit Man

The Hit Man is the 20th episode of Taggart.

It was originally broadcast on the ITV network in three weekly parts from 17 September to 1 October 1992.

SYNOPSIS
Jimmy Catto, a professional hitman, is released from jail after 20 years. Shortly afterwards, his brother, Tommy, dies in a plane crash, but it was no accident. As Taggart launches a murder investigation, murky business dealings are uncovered in the Catto hotel empire, and Tommy's daughter, Ailsa, is threatened at gunpoint. When more murders are committed, they bear the trademarks of Jimmy Catto, but could he reaaly be back to his old ways?

CAST

 * Jim Taggart - Mark McManus
 * Mike Jardine - James Macpherson
 * Jackie Reid - Blythe Duff
 * Jimmy Catto - Ian Hogg
 * Tommy Catto - Robert Carr
 * Mary Catto - C.P. Grogan
 * Agnes Catto - Julia Wallace
 * Ailsa Catto - Fiona Tong
 * Gary - Gary McKay
 * Macnally - John Salthouse
 * Malcom Steen - Tam White
 * David Laing - Jack McKenzie
 * Supt. McVitie - Iain Anders
 * Dr. Andrews - Robert Robertson
 * Jean Taggart - Harriet Buchan
 * Alison Taggart - Leigh Biagi
 * Billy the Armourer - John Grieve
 * Laura Laing - Mary Ann Reid
 * George Wilkie - Kenneth Bryans
 * The Priest - Gilbert Martin
 * Jock Henderson - Allan Sharpe
 * Matt Dillon - Allan Astaire
 * Macdonald - Kern Falconer
 * Karen Wilkie - Diane Hogg
 * Willie - Paul Jennings
 * Louise Wilkie - Sy Hollands
 * Auditor - Simon Christie
 * TV Reporter - Geoff Brown