This Way To Murder (BBC Thriller, Peter Vaughan)

In six part BBC crime thriller This Way To Murder, written by the great Victor Canning, Inspector Frant (Peter Vaughan) of the C.I.D. has discovered that property development company Tintoc Ltd is nothing more than a front for an organised crime syndicate. He determines to bring Tintoc Ltd down.

Producer Alan Bromly was the BBC’s thriller specialist and had worked on much of the BBC’s output from the mid 1950’s onward including most of the Francis Durbridge Presents serials.

Cast: Peter Vaughan (Frant), Hugh Cross (Chairman), Terence Longdon (Raikes), Isobel Black (Sandra), Noel Johnson (Hendrix), Robert Jennings (Pharaoh Two), Peter Arne (Worth), Darryl Kavann (Pomeroy), Harry Littlewood (Charlie), Sheila Brownrigg (Lady Bovery), Hamilton Dyce (Rawlings), Yootha Joyce (Mrs. Byberg)

Writer: Victor Canning / Production Design: Jeremy Davies / Producer: Alan Bromly / Director: Eric Hills

UK / BBC Two / 6×30 minute episodes / Broadcast 3 June – 8 July 1967

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