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The sleuth’s hunt for a soldier not seen since the Boer War. With Frederick Treves. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thriller from 1959.

Godfrey Emsworth comes back from the Boer War and hasn't been since.

At the request of Godfrey's friend and fellow-soldier, James Dodd, can Holmes solve this unusual mystery?

Starring Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale originally appeared in 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' published in the Strand Magazine in 1891.

Sherlock Holmes …. Carleton Hobbs
Doctor Watson …. Norman Shelley
James M. Dodd …. Frederick Treves
Colonel Emsworth …. Robert Sansom
The Butler …. Frank Atkinson
Mr Kent …. William Eedle
Godfrey Emsworth …. Denis Coacher
Sir James Saunders …. Norman Claridge

Adapted by Michael Hardwick.

Producer: Frederick Bradnum

First broadcast on the Â鶹Éç Light Programme in August 1959.

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30 minutes

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