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form y separately published work icon Murderer at Large single work   radio play   crime   detective   - 90min.
Adaptation of Murderer at Large Sydney Horler , 1951 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 Murderer at Large
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Based on Horler's novel, his second featuring the private detective H. Emp (nicknamed 'Rope'), but there is little information available on the plot.

Production Details

  • Aired on BBC Radio (Home Service Basic) on 25 July 1953.

    Producer: David H. Godfrey.

    Cast members included John Turnbull (Mr Spendlove), Andrew Faulds (James Stampe), Norman Mitchell (Taxi-driver), Alan Reid (Mr Holpin), Eileen Thorndike (Mary Bondfield), Nan Marriott-Watson (Ruth Bondfield), Audrey Mendes (Miss Potter), Cyril Shaps (Charles Hawtry), John Mann (George), Ronald Sidney (Mr Vines), Bryan Powley (Dr Flamingot), Martin Lewis (Francis Laidley), Gladys Spencer (Mrs Laidley), Esme Lewis (Mrs Flamingot), Joan Hart (Mildred Laidley), Peter Bathurst (Emp), Nancy Nevinson (Landlady), Richard Johnson (Gerald Douty), Elizabeth Digbv-Smith (Sonia Hart), Pat Connor (Hubert Trewaine), Owen Fellows (Police Commissioner), and Norman Mitchell (Inspector Harben).

    (Production details via Radio Times, 17 July 1953, p.48.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) ,       1953 .
      Extent: 90min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon Saturday Night Theatre United Kingdom (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1943-1998 6430225 1943 series - publisher radio play

      A BBC radio anthology series broadcasting (usually) ninety-minute radio plays on Saturday nights: the plays were usually genre focused (crime, mysteries, or comedies) and included original works and adaptations of stage plays and novels.
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