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3. Threat to Kill

Episode 3 of 13

When a temperamental film starlet gets a death threat, the psychiatrist-sleuth is called in. With Cecil Parker and Sheila Sim.

A woman wants to be absolved from a case of murder, but will the cantankerous criminal psychologist Dr Morelle agree?

Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle

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

Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Helen Desmond .... Rosalind Knight
Miss Curtis …. Cecile Chevreau
Ronnie Cavanagh …. John Horsley
The Maid …. Annette Kelly
Mr Ashton …. Norman Wynne
Hal Digby …. John Sharplin

Director: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957.

30 minutes

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Fri 3 Mar 202301:30
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