A Case For Dr. Morelle

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A Case for Dr Morelle: 5. The Blackmailer

A Case for Dr Morelle

5. The Blackmailer

BBC Radio 4 Extra - A Case for Dr Morelle, 5. The Blackmailer

The psychiatrist-turned-detective probes the dealings of a mysterious Spanish count.

The psychiatrist-turned-detective probes the dealings of a mysterious Spanish count. Stars Cecil Parker and Sheila Sim.

Cantankerous criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle probes the dealings of a mysterious Spanish Count.

Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by deducing their felonious personalities.

Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long-suffering assistant, Miss Frayle

Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker
Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim
Inspector Hood …. Phillip Wray
Sir Clifford Forbes …. Douglas Young
Lady Forbes …. Madeleine Christie
Cynthia Forbes …. Ruth Trouncer
Hotel Waiter …. Haydn Jones
Hotel Manager …. Humphrey Morton
Lily the Maid …. Beryl Calder
Matron …. Molly Rankin
Harry Fox …. Ian Sadler

Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold. 

Director: Leslie Bridgmont 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957.

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Harley Street psychiatrist Dr Morelle uses psychology and criminology to solve crimes

Classic detective series with Harley Street psychiatrist Dr Morelle, who uses psychology, criminology and dogged persistence to solve crimes

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