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A Game of Murder (DVD)
June Barry, Murray Hayne, Diana King, Anthony Sagar, Lesley Carole, …
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R377
Discovery Miles 3 770
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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Six-part thriller series from Francis Durbridge. When a famous
athlete (Anthony Sagar) dies on a golf course, his detective son
Jack (Gerald Harper) supects murder, despite the coroner's
misadventure verdict. In pursuit of the facts and events behind his
death, Jack embarks on a murder hunt that takes him into the seedy
underworld of the Soho red-light district. As the body count rises
Jack's suspicions are proved correct but will he be able to
discover the mystery behind it all?
Max Telligan, a popular novelist, has returned to his London
apartment from a business trip to Munich to find his evening
newspaper containing a report of his violent death. He subsequently
is greeted by a parade of mysterious visitors who seek a pocket
sized calculator, threaten him with a poison tipped walking stick
and display photographs of his wife in flagrante delicto. Max has,
it seems, unwittingly become embroiled in the activities of an
international terrorist group!5 women, 5 men
Murder and mystery abound in this ingenious play with more than its
fair share of blind alleys. A greedy husband plots to kill his wife
and make it look like suicide. His plans are thwarted: he, not his
wife, ends up dead. But how and by whom? Even though the
investigation led by Cliff Jordan concludes Jack was murdered by a
prowler, there are so many possible suspects and motives that the
truth is elusive.4 women, 6 men
Howard, a well-known book publisher, is concerned for his wife,
Joanna. Since returning from the country, she has become unusually
distressed, nervous and mysterious. The play takes a sinister turn
when Howard arrives home to find Perry, a former friend, has been
shot by Joanna in a struggle.3 women, 5 men
Stacey Harrison is a charming, intelligent, successful career woman
who unfortunately gets involved in divorce, but several murders as
well.2 women, 6 men
A man schemes to murder his wealthy wife for the love of another
woman the sister, an actress friend or the au pair? Victim and
victimized become intertwined in this startling drama.4 women, 5
men
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Bat Out of Hell (DVD)
John Thaw, Dudley Foster, Sylvia Syms, Clive Graham, David Quilter, …
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R417
Discovery Miles 4 170
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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John Thaw stars in this 1960s drama series written by Francis
Durbridge. The series follows lovers Mark (Thaw) and Diana (Sylvia
Sims) who wish to be together but Diana's husband Geoffrey (Noel
Johnson) refuses to grant her a divorce. Realising their only way
to happiness is to murder Geoffrey, Diana shoots her husband and
Mark arrives to help her dispose of the body. When the body
disappears, however, Diana receives a phone call from her husband
blackmailing her to meet him or be arrested for attempted murder.
What do a Koala bear, a devious chef, and an emerald necklace have
in common? Carl Houston, Sussex hotelier, nearly loses his life
finding out in this thriller of international intrigue which bears
all the Durbridge hallmarks of suspense, mystery and murder.3
women, 5 men
Ross is a successful, happily married cardiac consultant - until
his wife Fay announces she has fallen in love with the notorious
womanizer Julian Kane. Later, Ross's assistant discovers two phials
missing of Zarabell Four, a drug potentially lethal to cardiac
patients. When Julian dies from a heart attack, all fingers point
to Ross. But as the play progresses many enemies of the deceased
are revealed and audiences will guess right up to the final moments
of this well-wrought thriller.3 women, 6 men
Many people dislike Larry Campbell but none feel more embittered
than David Ryder. Ryder pursues his vendetta by nefariously
obtaining a key to Campbell's flat to kill him. Deceit, suspicion,
blackmail and incrimination are woven into the web of crime which
is completed by a second killing and a tantalizing twist at the
climax.3 women, 6 men
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Die Anhalterin
Georg Pagitz; Francis Durbridge
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R487
Discovery Miles 4 870
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Republished for the first time since 1951, Beware of Johnny
Washington is Francis Durbridge’s clever reworking of the very
first Paul Temple radio serial using his new characters, the
amiable Johnny Washington and newspaper columnist Verity Glyn.
Includes as a bonus the first Paul Temple short story, ‘A Present
for Paul’. When a gang of desperate criminals begins leaving
calling cards inscribed ‘With the Compliments of Johnny
Washington’, the real Johnny Washington is encouraged by an
attractive newspaper columnist to throw in his lot with the police.
Johnny, an American ‘gentleman of leisure’ who has settled at a
quiet country house in Kent to enjoy the fishing, soon finds
himself involved with the mysterious Horatio Quince, a retired
schoolmaster who is on the trail of the gang’s unscrupulous
leader, the elusive ‘Grey Moose’. Best known for creating Paul
Temple for BBC radio in 1938, Francis Durbridge’s prolific output
of crime and mystery stories, encompassing plays, radio,
television, films and books, made him a household name for more
than 50 years. A new radio character, ‘Johnny Washington,
Esquire’, hit the airwaves in 1949, leading to the publication of
this one-off novel in 1951. This Detective Club classic is
introduced by writer and bibliographer Melvyn Barnes, author of
Francis Durbridge: A Centenary Appreciation, who reveals how Johnny
Washington’s only literary outing was actually a reworking of
Durbridge’s own Send for Paul Temple.
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