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Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 Assassin for Hire
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Film Details - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 1950

Producers:

Dallas Bower (producer).

Production Companies:

British Broadcasting Corporation.

Production Designers:

Barry Learoyd.

Cast:

Including Frank Atkinson (Charlie), Bruno Barnabe (Meyerling), Peter Bull (Catesby), Oliver Burt (Bert), Antoinette Cellier (Maria Riccardi), Erik Chitty (Det. Sgt. Stott), Jennifer Gray (Helen Garrett), Stuart Latham (Fred), Bruce Seton (Det. Insp. Carson), Lewis Stringer (Seppi Riccardi), and Sydney Tafler (Tony Riccardi).

Release Dates:

Aired on 19 September 1950 (UK).

Film Details - Merton Park Studios ; Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors , 1951

Producers:

Julian Wintle (producer).

Production Companies:

Merton Park Studios and Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors.

Director of Photography:

Robert LaPresle.

Editors:

Eric Hodges.

Music:

Ronnie Emanuel.

Cast:

Including Sydney Tafler (Antonio Riccardi), Ronald Howard (Detective Inspector Carson), Katharine Blake (Maria Riccardi), John Hewer (Giuseppe Riccardi), June Rodney (Helen Garrett), Gerald Case (Detective Sgt. Stott), Ian Wallace (Charlie), Reginald Dyson (Josef Meyerling), Martin Benson (Catesby), Sam Kydd (Bert), Ewen Solon (Fred).

Release Dates:

Released in the UK in April 1951.

Settings:
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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