Word: deliot
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Dates: during 1955-1955
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...Green Scarf (Associated Artists) introduces a detective named Maitre De-liot (Michael Redgrave), who is a sort of cross between Hercule Poirot and Father Brown, with a dash of old man Karamazov thrown in. Deliot is a French lawyer, an ancient case-horse just about ready for pasture. A bachelor, from the bees in his bonnet to the flies on his vest, he is grimy, grouchy, up to his knees in litter, and almost down to his belt in beard...
...Green Scarf Delict's client (Kieron Moore), charged with murder, is blind and deaf, and refuses to defend himself. To Deliot, of course, such problems are merely salt to his solitary porridge. After one of those sketchy investigations that create almost as much mystery as they resolve, he produces, in a clever courtroom scene, the full portrait of the crime, including the face of the killer. Actor Redgrave is the making of the show, though at times he almost fidgets it away. Kieron Moore, Leo Genn and Jane Henderson are excellent. It's a nice little puzzler...
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