The Orchard End Murder

The story

Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and wanders away. She fetches up at the local railway station, where she is first entertained to tea by the garrulous, hunchbacked station master, then upset by the intrusion of the latter's assistant Ewen, who proceeds to kill a rabbit in her presence. Making her way back to the match, Pauline is waylaid by the simple-minded Ewen as she crosses an apple orchard; when his advances become violent, she tries to fight him off and he strangles her. The station master helps in covering up the murder, burying the corpse in the orchard.

Cast

T Tracy HydePauline Cox C Clive MantleEwen B Bill WallisRailway Gatekeeper M Mark HardyMike Robins R Raymond AdamsonMr Wickstead J Jessie EvansMrs Trowel D David WilkinsonBatsman J Jeremy WattBowler G Geoffrey FrederickCricket Captain A Alan NeameRector C Cyril CrossVillage Policeman R Rik MayallPoliceman

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P Peter HutchinsDetective A Alexander JohnNews Reader M Mollie MaureenOld Woman at Station M Mark HardyRobins