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The Red-Headed League
A red-haired visitor asks the detective to probe a millionaire's bizarre job offer. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thriller from 1964.
A red-haired visitor asks the detective to probe a millionaire's bizarre job offer.
Another case for the great detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective tale first published in 1891.
Adapted by Michael Hardwick.
Sherlock Holmes ...... Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson ...... Norman Shelley
Jabez Wilson ...... Victor Lonad
Vincent Spaulding ...... Peter Marinker
Duncan Ross ...... Frank Dunn
Inspector Jones ...... Gabriel Woolf
Merryweather ...... Eric Andard
Producer Graham Gauld
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1964.
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