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7. The Will

Episode 7 of 13

A young man in distress and an old man in danger. Ernest Dudley's 1957 thriller stars Cecil Parker as Dr Morelle.

A young man in distress and an old man in danger: a curious case for the cantankerous criminal psychologist.

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

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

Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
David Beaumont …. David Spenser
Henrietta Vickers …. Nan Kenway
Herbert Vickers …. Douglas Young
Darrell …. Will Leighton

Director: Leslie Bridgmont

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.

30 minutes

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Thu 9 Mar 202301:30
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