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Episode 2

Nick Perry's dramatisation of Ted Lewis's crime classic. After unexpectedly running into another gangster, Eric Paice, Jack follows him to a private gambling club.

By Ted Lewis.
Dramatised for radio by Nick Perry.

It's 1970 and Jack Carter, a gangland enforcer, has returned to his hometown of Scunthorpe to investigate the suspicious death of his brother Frank. After unexpectedly running into another gangster, Eric Paice, Jack follows him to a private gambling club, gate-crashing a high stakes poker game in the penthouse suite.

Cast:

Jack Carter . . . . . Hugo Speer
Mrs Garfoot . . . . . Tracy Wiles
Thorpey . . . . . John Biggins
Kinnear . . . . . Robert Blythe
Eric . . . . . Ben Crowe
Keith . . . . . Joe Sims
Glenda . . . . . Charlotte Riley
Brumby . . . . . James Weaver
Youth . . . . . Sam Alexander

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

Studio Managers: Anne Bunting, Keith Graham, Alison Craig.
Editor: Anne Bunting.
Production Co-ordinator: Lucy Collingwood.

28 minutes

Last on

Tue 4 Sep 2012 23:00

Broadcast

  • Tue 4 Sep 2012 23:00