A Case For Dr. Morelle

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A Case for Dr Morelle: 8. Act of Violence

A Case for Dr Morelle

8. Act of Violence

BBC Radio 4 Extra - A Case for Dr Morelle, 8. Act of Violence

Local amateur dramatics bring back memories for a man accused of murder.

Local amateur dramatics bring back memories for a man accused of murder. Ernest Dudley's 1957 thriller with Cecil Parker.

The criminal psychologist is on the case when local amateur dramatics bring back memories for a man accused of murder...

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
Major Penfold …. Ralph Truman
Robert Benson …. Trevor Martin
Professor Stenberg …. Martin Miller
Clerk of the Court …. Will Leighton

Director: Leslie Bridgmont 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1957.

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