Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign Of The Four

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The Sign of the Four The novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Adapted by Michael Hardwick In the series Murder for Pleasure With Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley Mrs Hudson: Grizelda Hervey Mary Morstan: Elizabeth Morgan Thaddeus Sholto: Philip Leaver Major Sholto: George Curzon McMurdo: Duncan McIntyre Mrs Bernstone: Harriet Petworth Inspector Athelney Jones: George Merritt Sergeant: Will Leighton Sherman: Norman Claridge Mrs Smith: Carmen Hill Jacky: Charles Eley Wiggins: Glyn Dearman Jonathan Small: Malcolm Hayes Baker Street Irregulars: Robert Dodson, Timothy Palmer, Anthony Paul, and Ronald Williams Other parts played by Timothy West. Will Leighton and Duncan McIntyre Produced By: Val Gielgud SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE Sat 2nd Mar 1963 20:30 on BBC Home Service Basic As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!'

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