The Beetle Hunter (TV episode 1967)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Inside the lost 1967 BBC TV series 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle', by Mark Jones.
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The Beetle Hunter, A Mysterious Tale is the 12th episode of the British TV series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Written by John Hawkesworth and directed by Richard Martin, released on 16 april 1967 on BBC, starring Michael Latimer as Philip Hardacre.
Answering a peculiar advertisement for a doctor and entomologist, Philip is hired by the sinister Lord Linchmere to befriend his brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Rossiter, a famous and reclusive beetle hunter...
This is an adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle's short story : The Story of the Beetle Hunter (1898).
Cast
- Philip Hardacre : Michael Latimer
- Lady Rossiter : Petra Davies
- Sir Thomas Rossiter : Eugene Deckers
- Lord Linchmere : Marius Goring
- Mrs. Bull : Gabrielle Hamilton
- Failed coleopterist : Douglas Mitchell
- Mr. Bull : Nicholas Smith
- Travers : Paul Angelis
- Footman : Douglas Milvain
Crew
- Director : Richard Martin
- Screenplay : John Hawkesworth
- Producer : Harry Moore
- Music : Norman Kay
- Production Design : Peter Seddon
