This is the second broadcast of an Antony Ellis script likely drawn from the exploits of Joseph Grizzard who eluded capture by Scotland Yard until one final heist known as “The Great Pearl Heist of 1913.” This production stars Ben Wright. He was in the 1951 production that starred James Mason, and is in the starring role for this broadcast. Others who were in that debut performance and are in this cast are Joe Kearns and Raymond Lawrence.
Details about the 1951 performance with background about the thief Joseph Grizzard are at:
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2024/06/1951-06-21-greatest-thief-in-world.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP510621 has the recordings that can be downloaded or streamed.
LISTEN
TO THE PROGRAM or download in FLAC or
mp3
https://archive.org/details/TSP550726
THE CAST
Ben Wright (Peter Marriot), Joe Kearns (Hyde, the narrator), John Dodsworth (The Man, aka The Squire), Ellen Morgan (Lady Joan Leddington), Raymond Lawrence (Sir Leslie Banbridge / Waiter), Betty Harford (Ginny), Edgar Barrier (Detective), Larry Thor (Narrator)
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