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Sherlock Holmes: The Red-Headed League

on BBC One London

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised by Anthony Read
[Starring] Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes, Nigel Stock as Dr. Watson

Jabez Wilson is a struggling pawn broker hardly worth the attentions of any petty thief. But when Wilson loses a job that is both ludicrous and lucrative, Holmes realises that he is the victim of a master criminal.
(Trevor Martin is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Author:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised by:
Anthony Read
Music composed by:
Max Harris
Costume Supervisor:
Sheila Glassford
Make-up Supervisor:
Shirley Boakes
Designer:
Roy Oxley
Producer:
David Goddard
Director:
Peter Duguid
Merryweather:
Geoffrey Wincott
Inspector Hopkins:
John Barcroft
Sherlock Holmes:
Douglas Wilmer
Dr. Watson:
Nigel Stock
Jabez Wilson:
Toke Townley
Sgt. Jones:
Christopher Greatorex
Old woman:
Beatrice Shaw
Vincent Spaulding:
David Andrews
Mary Jane:
Carla Challoner
Duncan Ross:
Trevor Martin
Mrs. Shaw:
Audrey O'Flynn

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