UK, August 1949
90m
broadcast live, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
A British fantasy television play. It is a restaging of a production first broadcast on 4 May 1947.
Plot Summary
The staff of American newspaper The Daily Blade are understandably sceptical when a Mr Mergenthwirker arrives in the office claiming to have two invisible companions in tow, lobblies that can see into the future and who only the pure in heart can see. He claims that a murder is about to be committed but no-one believes him – until news comes in of the discovery of a body…
Credits
Crew
BBC
Produced by: Eric Fawcett
Play by: Nelson Bond and David Kent
Settings by: James Bould
Cast
Tony Quinn (Maguire)
Russell Napier (Wilden)
Macdonald Parks (Mr. Mergenthwirker)
Chris Krane (Hawley)
Douglas Jefferies (Foster)
Iain Scott (Bud)
Diana Decker (Betty)
Sydney Keith (bartender)
Bill Logan (drunk)
Alan Tilvern (first cop)
Edgar Whitburn (second cop)
Links
See also
Mr. Mergenthwirker’s Lobblies (1947)
References
Periodicals
- Radio Times 26 August 1949 p.41 – illustrated article (The Fun is in the illusion by Lionel Hale)
