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The detective probes the mystery disappearance of a new bride. With Norman Shelley. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thriller from 1959.

The great detective is hired to find why a bride mysteriously disappeared just hours after getting married.

Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale originally appeared in 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' published in the Strand Magazine in 1891.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Doctor Watson …. Norman Shelley
Lestrade …. Frederick Treves
Lord Saint Simon …. William Eedle
Mrs Moulton …. Jane Jordan Rogers
Francis May Moulton …. Jerold Wells

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Producer: Frederick Bradnum

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1959.

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30 minutes

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