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'Drama based on a bizarre murder trial which scandalized the people of Sydney in 1865. Louis Bertrand a society dentist, mesmerist, frustrated actor and womaniser, was determined to have Mrs Kinder, a woman of dubious morals, to himself. He openly plotted to murder her hapless multi-cuckolded husband, Mr Kinder. But did he actually commit the crime? In court a strange tale unfolded, recalled by his young dental assistant/part-time magician.'
Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 21/9/2012)
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Television play.
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According to the Internet Movie Database, this episode of the anthology was based on a novel by American author and former justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court, John D. Voelker (written as Robert Traver), but this cannot be confirmed at the stage.
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