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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox radio show Dossier on Dumetrius is a 1951 Australian radio serial by Lindsay Hardy.[1] It was hugely popular and was adapted into a book and a film. There were also several sequels.[2][3]

The lead role was played by Bruce Stewart who became an important writer.[4]

Premise

Major Keen of MI5 tracks down the criminal Dumetrius.

Cast

  • Bruce Stewart as Major Keen
  • Dinah Shearing as Hedy Bergner
  • Guy Doleman as Dumetrius
  • Frank Waters as Sgt Tom Coutts
  • Moray Powell as Col Milo Julian Fentris
  • Alan White as Hank Godowski
  • Reg Goldsworthy as Peter Ridgeway
  • Ruth Cracknell as Dora

Adaptations

Hardy adapted the serial into a 1953 novel Requiem for a Redhead. This was filmed in England as Assignment Redhead (1956).

Sequels

The series was very popular. There were four sequels, with Stewart reprising his role in the first two:[5]

  • Deadly Nightshade, over 104 episodes in 1952.[6][7] This was turned into a 1954 novel The Nightshade Ring.
  • 26 Hours which aired 1952–53. This was turned into the 1955 novel Show No Mercy aka The Faceless Ones.
  • Two Roads To Samarra (1955)
  • The Smell Of Terror (1956)

References

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