In Case of Emergency
4 Extra Debut. A middle-aged lawyer and an impulsive jewel thief begin an obsessive affair, but she has a boyfriend. Stars Jimmy Chisholm.
Georges Simenon, best known for Maigret, published scores of other novels, often tough, gripping and psychologically-penetrating dissections of small lives confounded by fate. Ronald Frame dramatises three of these stories beginning with the obsessive affair between a lawyer and a jewel thief. When her plan to rob a jeweller's shop goes wrong, Yvette - young, beautiful and dangerously impulsive - asks middle-aged lawyer, Lucien, to defend her in court. When he wins the case they begin an affair but he discovers that Yvette has a boyfriend who has no intention of giving her up.
Other parts played by the cast.
Producer/director Bruce Young.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Lucien | Jimmy Chisholm |
| Yvette | Lisa Gardner |
| Viviane | Sarah Collier |
| Jeanine | Laura Smales |
| Secretary | Laura Smales |
| Mazetti | Kenny Blyth |
| Inspector | Kenny Blyth |
| Writer | Georges Simenon |
| Director | Bruce Young |
| Producer | Bruce Young |
Broadcasts
Wed 27 Jul 201114:15BBC Radio 4- Wed 15 Aug 201214:15BBC Radio 4
- Tue 12 Jan 201611:15BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 12 Jan 201621:15BBC Radio 4 Extra
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