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Afternoon Theatre: A Desperate Hour

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A comedy by John Graham

Two criminals on the run from the police decide to lie low in an ordinary family house, holding the occupants hostage.... after all Humphrey Bogart did it in The Desperate Hours.
However, what appears simple on film is seldom so in real life, particularly if the occupants of the house are not as ordinary as it would first appear.

(Norman Rodway is a member of the RSC)

Contributors

Writer:
John Graham
Director:
Glyn Dearman
The Police - Chief Con Norman Makepeace:
Norman Rodway
The Police - Det-Sgt Brian Benskin:
Alan Downer
The Police - WPC Annabelle Robey:
Sarah Maywell
The Police - Insp Groves:
Brian Haines
The Police - Sgt Thorogood:
Gordon Bulieu
The Criminals - Snelgrove:
Jack May
The Criminals - O'Connor:
David Kelly
Others involved:
- Ruth Makepeace: Jennifer Piercey
Others involved:
- Sarah Nelson: Jenny Twigge
Source: Radio Times

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