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Issue Details: First known date: 1956... 1956 A Stranger in Paradise
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A mystery thriller set in Hollywood. Bill North finds himself with a corpse to deal with and a frame for murder around his neck.

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Walk a Crooked Mile Lindsay Hardy , ( dir. David Rose ) 1961 London : BBC TV , 1961 Z1394741 1961 series - publisher film/TV detective crime

The police are called in to investigate a murder on a film set.

For a detailed, episode-by-episode synopsis, see Film Details.

Notes

  • This is an expanded version of Hardy's short story, 'Morning-After Murder' (first published in the US by Cosmopolitan in January 1955).

Production Details

  • 104 x 15 min. episodes. Broadcast on Sunday evenings by 2UE during the 1950s. Produced by Grace Gibson Radio Productions. Recorded on the Donovan Joyce label.

    Cast. Guy Doleman (Bill North), Moira Redmond (June), Roger Climpson (Fitz), Ron Whelan (Fenimore), Sheila Sewell (Stella), John Crane (Ashley), Gordon Chater (Vern Coombe), Nigel Lovell (Lt Reed), Owen Weingott (Joe Rocca), Allan Trevor (Steelman), John Saul (Burton), Grant Taylor (Angelo).

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First known date: ca. 1956
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