The Willow House School (TV episode 1967)

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Conan Doyle: Mystery and Adventure
Inside the lost 1967 BBC TV series 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle', by Mark Jones.
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The Willow House School, A Mysterious Tale is the 6th episode of the British TV series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Written by Harry Moore and directed by Richard Martin, it was released on 26 february 1967 on BBC, starring Christopher Matthews as Monkhouse Lee.

Monkhouse Lee takes a job as a tutor at a boys' school but discovers all is not as it seems. The headmaster appears to be hiding something, while one of the other tutors, Theophilus St. James, terrorises the students...

This is an adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle's short story : The Story of the Latin Tutor (1899).


Cast


Crew

  • Director : Richard Martin
  • Screenplay : Harry Moore
  • Producer : Harry Moore
  • Music : Norman Kay
  • Production Design : Richard Hunt