17 Aug 1951
The Tall Target
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
The Mantrap
Henry Stephenson stars as a retired Scotland Yard detective. He is regarded as an icon because he has written volumes of books on the art of detection. While Stephenson is being honoured for his past successes, he senses modern detectives, particularly the current District Attorney, look at him and his methods as outdated. This spurs the old man out of retirement to prove himself to the know-it-all modern detectives.
Top Billed Cast
Henry Stephenson Sir Humphrey Quilp
Lloyd Corrigan Anatol Duprez
Joseph Allen Eddie Regan
Dorothy Lovett Jane Mason
Edmund MacDonald Assistant District Attorney Knox
Alice Fleming Miss Mason
Tom Stevenson Robert Berwick
Frederick Worlock Patrick Berwick
Jane Weeks Miss Woolcott
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