Panic grips a village when a strangler escapes from a mental institution. Darren Nesbitt, Victor Brooks, Julie Hopkins, Howard Marion Crawford. Johnny: Christopher Witty., In this taut British drama, a wanderer becomes friends with a would-be runaway teenage girl. The two end up in a local barn and there she attempts to convince him to take her away from her unhappy homelife, but he will not. Meanwhile, police stage a massive manhunt for a fugitive child killer as well as for the missing girl.