The Moabite Cipher
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
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The Mohabite Cipher is the 9th episode in season 2 of the BBC TV series: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes. Aired on 26 march 1973. 50 min.
Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke is a fictional character created by Richard Austin Freeman.
Peter Sallis also played Dr. Watson on stage in Baker Street: A Musical Adventure of Sherlock Holmes in 1965.
Plot summary
Coming to the aid of a man kicked by a rearing police horse, Dr. John Thorndyke stumbles upon an anarchist plot to assassinate a visiting Russian grand duke. The key appears to be a cryptogram written in ancient Moabite found on the man's body.
Cast
- Dr. Thorndyke : Barry Ingham
- Dr. Jervis : Peter Sallis
- Barton : Julian Glover
- Prof. Popplebaum : Derek Smith
- Superintendant Miller : Nicholas Selby
- Adolph Schonberg : George Innes
- Inspector Badger : Eric Mac Caine
- Mr. James : Peter Beton
- Mounted Policeman : Max Faulkner
- Victim : Clive Rogers
- Fierce Little Man : Keith Taylor
- Porter : Graham Seed
- Ticket collector : Michael Harding
- Director : Reginald Collin
- Screenplay : Reginald Collin
- Producers : Jonathan Alwyn, Kim Mills
- Music : Robert Sharples
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Dr. John Thorndyke
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Dr. Jervis
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Superintendent Miller (Nicholas Selby) & Dr. Jervis (Peter Sallis) -
