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The psychiatrist-sleuth probes a mystery death in a hotel. Ernest Dudley's 1957 thriller stars Cecil Parker and Sheila Sim.

Cantankerous criminal psychologist Dr Morelle investigates the mystery death of wealthy French baroness in a hotel.

Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.

Following on from the success of the 1949 Hammer film Dr Morelle: The Case Of The Missing Heiress, this is the first of 13 radio episodes for BBC.

British film veteran, Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle.

With Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle.

Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Hotel Waiter …. Sydney Tafler
Mlle Rolin …. Tonia Bern
Anthony Winter …. Hugh Manning
Hotel Receptionist …. Molly Rankin
Miss Shawcroft …. Kathleen Helme

Director: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1957.

30 minutes

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