The Clock Strikes Eight

Published: Jan. 17, 2014, 2:51 p.m.

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Appointment With Fear-The Clock Strikes Eight 5-18-44\\xa0 This week, a Suspense clone suggested by and scripted by John Dickson Carr, who was also the creator of the Man In Black on Suspense. Appointment With Fear was JD Carr\\u2019s bringing of Suspense to the British public in the mid-1940s. Their Man in Black looked and sounded the part \\u2013 Valentine Dyall, a man with a sonorous voice.This episode is a Dr. Gideon Fell mystery. Fell was one of Carr\\u2019s creations \\u2013 a detective who was both pompous and portly and the actor in this episode certainly fits the description aurally!\\xa0 This is an episode called \\u201cThe Clock Strikes Eight.\\xa0 oldtimeradiodvd.com

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