Armchair Theatre Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (Season 3, Episode 69)
TV Episode | 90 min | Drama

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Armchair Theatre

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (Season 3, Episode 69)

TV Episode | 90 min | Drama

Saville is told by a palm reader he is doomed to become a murderer at some future time. He decides to get the inevitable out of the way before his upcoming society wedding, and goes about attempting the crime on several likely victims.

Director

Alan Cooke

Writers

Constance Cox (script) | Gerald Savory (adaptation) (teleplay) | Oscar Wilde (short story)

Producer

Sydney Newman

Production Designer

George Haslam

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 3, 1960

Release date

Jan 3, 1960 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

4 wins

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Cast	+ Add Cast
10 cast members

Name	Known for
Terry-Thomas Lord Arthur Savile Lord Arthur Savile See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Robert Coote Baines Baines See fewer	A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Penny Morrell Sybil Merton Sybil Merton See fewer	The End of the Affair (1999)
Ambrosine Phillpotts Lady Julia Lady Julia See fewer	Room at the Top (1958)
Arthur Lowe Mr. Podgers Mr. Podgers See fewer	Dad's Army (1968)
Eric Pohlmann Herr Winkelkopf Herr Winkelkopf See fewer	The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Ernest Thesiger The Dean The Dean See fewer	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Nora Nicholson Aunt Clementina Aunt Clementina See fewer	Secret Agent (1964)
Kynaston Reeves Uncle Jaspar Uncle Jaspar See fewer	Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Michael Hitchman Mr. Pestle Mr. Pestle See fewer	St. Ives (1960)