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The sleuth probes a mysterious killing linked to discarded glasses. Arthur Conan Doyle thriller with Norman Shelley. From 1962.

The great sleuth probes a mysterious killing linked to a distinctive pair of discarded glasses.

Starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale was first published in The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1904.

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Dr John H Watson …. Norman Shelley
Stanley Hopkins …. Hugh Dickson
Anna …. Grizelda Hervey
Susan …. Louida Vaughan
Constable …. Humphrey Morton
Mrs Marker …. Jocelyn Page
Professor Coram …. Ardreas Malandrinos

Producer: Robin Midgley

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Light Programme in August 1962.

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30 minutes

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