Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case

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Whodunnits: Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case: 4. La Mortella

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4. La Mortella

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Following Peter Galino's tip-off, the sleuth and his wife look for clues in a London club.

Following Peter Galino's tip-off, the Paul Temple and wife Steve search for clues in a London club. Stars Peter Coke. From 1954.

Hot on the heels of a tip from Peter Galino, the debonair sleuth and wife Steve head to London's La Mortella club to hunt down more clues. 

Francis Durbridge's thriller starring Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury.

It's another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.

Paul Temple …. Peter Coke
Steve …. Marjorie Westbury 
Charlie …. James Beattie
Sir Graham Forbes …. Lester Mudditt
Lynne Ferguson …. Peggy Hassard
Lance Reynolds …. Richard Williams
Louis Fabian …. Olaf Olsen
Waiter …. Arthur Lawrence

Producer: Martyn C Webster

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1954.

Whodunnits: Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case

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A dead girl's father is sure the police have placed the wrong man in the gallows.

A young woman was murdered, and her boyfriend is set to hang for the crime. But her father is convinced the man is innocent. Can Temple solve the case in time? Stars Peter Coke.

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