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Strictly Personal: 4: The Rev. Pinsent explodes a Theory

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A serial in six parts by Michael Pertwee.
[Starring] Anne Crawford and John Bentley

In answer to an advertisement, Richard Williams, an unemployed ex-R.A.F. officer, is hired to smuggle a suitcase to Dublin. Before the plane takes off Richard has a change of heart and decides not to go through with the job. The plane crashes, and the Police tell reporters that Richard is dead. Very much alive, and wanting to remain that way, Richard learns that his gangster employers now want to kill him. During a gun struggle, Richard kills one of the crooks by accident. With the police and the smuggling gang searching for him, Richard enlists the aid of Diana Wilson, a newspaper reporter, to try to discover what was in the suitcase.

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Pertwee
Director:
Alvin Rakoff
Producer:
Bryan Sears
Settings:
Richard Wilmot
Incidental music composer:
Eric Spear
Incidental music played by:
Tommy Reilly
Diana Wilson:
Anne Crawford
Richard Williams:
John Bentley
Wilfred (Wacko) Wainwright:
Geoffrey Sumner
Edward Jackson:
Grey Blake
Rimmer:
Carl Jaffe
Mrs. Rimmer:
Elizabeth Kentish
Mark Leyroyd:
Harry Town
The Rev. P. Pinsent:
Peter Bull

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