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form y separately published work icon The Mystery of the Amber Beads single work   film/TV   detective  
Adaptation of Hagar of the Pawn-Shop Fergus Hume , 1898 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 The Mystery of the Amber Beads
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Adaptation of the third chapter of Hume's work, 'The Second Customer and the Amber Beads'.

When a rich widow is strangled, her amber beads end up in a pawnshop run by a young Romani woman, Hagar, who has a talent for solving her customers' mysteries.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Thames Television ; ITV ,       1973 .
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      Extent: 50min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes United Kingdom (UK) : Thames Television , 1971-1973 9356385 1971 series - publisher film/TV detective

      Adaptations of short stories by detective stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporaries.

             Number in series: 2.12
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Don Leaver
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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