More mystery afloat, as the worried detective tackles Salty West and uncovers links to his wife Steve.

Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury
Charlie …. James Beattie
Mrs Purdie …. Molly Rankin
Brian Dexter …. Simon Lack
Stan Walters …. Denis Goacher
Salty West …. Brewster Mason
Linda Tico …. Belle Chrystall
Johnny Tico …. Brian Haines
George …. Leonard Trolley
Detective Inspector Ivor …. Manning Wilson
1st Girl/3rd Girl …. Beth Boyd
2nd Girl …. Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Operator/Waiter …. James Thomason

Between 1938 and 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave amateur detective Paul Temple and glamorous journalist wife Steve solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated, well-heeled world of cocktails and fast cars

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1956. Show less