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A trip to New York leads to a murky trail of blackmail and murder. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's clerical sleuth.

An American millionaire safe in his fortress, death threats, a murky past and a bolt from the blue.

Father Brown, on his first visit to the United States, unravels the mystery and exposes thereby a mire of hypocrisy.

Stars Andrew Sachs as Father Brown.

Series 2 of GK Chesterton's stories of an amateur clerical sleuth with an uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work.

Dramatised by John Scotney.

Father Brown ...... Andrew Sachs
Barnard ...... Ed Bishop
Harris ...... Guy Gregory
Wendell ...... Andrew Branch
Norman Drage ...... Sean Prendergast
Brander Merton ...... Richard Durden
Peter Wayne ...... Johnny Myers
Matt ...... Harry Towb
Customs Officer ...... Tim Reynolds

Directed at BBC Bristol by Alec Reid.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986.

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