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Detective
S2.E7
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The Avenging Chance

  • Episode aired Jun 28, 1968
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Joyce Grant in Detective (1964)
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This play is set in the West End of London in the nineteen-thirties. It appears that there are a large number of people who would be glad to see Sir William Anstruther dead. The question is ... Read allThis play is set in the West End of London in the nineteen-thirties. It appears that there are a large number of people who would be glad to see Sir William Anstruther dead. The question is who? Roger Sheringham is determined to find out. Unhappily he has hardly started his inves... Read allThis play is set in the West End of London in the nineteen-thirties. It appears that there are a large number of people who would be glad to see Sir William Anstruther dead. The question is who? Roger Sheringham is determined to find out. Unhappily he has hardly started his investigations when a tragedy, in which an innocent woman dies, takes place.

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    • Anthony Berkeley
    • John Gould
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    • John Carson
    • Tony Steedman
    • Allan Cuthbertson
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    • Director
      • Moira Armstrong
    • Writers
      • Anthony Berkeley
      • John Gould
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      • John Carson
      • Tony Steedman
      • Allan Cuthbertson
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    John Carson
    John Carson
    • Roger Sheringham
    Tony Steedman
    Tony Steedman
    • Sir William Anstruther
    Allan Cuthbertson
    Allan Cuthbertson
    • Rupert Bryce
    Jennifer Jayne
    Jennifer Jayne
    • Delilah Bryce
    Marian Spencer
    • Lady Anstruther
    John Franklyn-Robbins
    John Franklyn-Robbins
    • Graham Beresford
    Geraldine Newman
    Geraldine Newman
    • Joan Beresford
    Jacqueline Blackmore
    • Clerk in Stationer's
    Bella Emberg
    Bella Emberg
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    Steve Peters
    • Clerk in Typewriter Shop
    James Appleby
    • Club Servant
    David J. Grahame
    • Hall Porter
    David Lawrence
    • Taxi Driver
    Joyce Grant
    • Mrs. Verreker Le Fleming
    Lewis Alexander
    • Curzon Club Member
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    Ernest Blyth
    • Curzon Club Member
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Pentelow
    Arthur Pentelow
    • Inspector Moreby
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      • John Gould
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