Sweet Poison

Summary: 1959 Anglia Television production, networked by Associated-Rediffusion for ITV, of Sweet Poison by Leonard Lee.
Theatre play: Sweet Poison by Leonard Lee [more information]
Play synopsis: 'Buck Carpenter is found "Not Guilty" of the murder of Tom Lockridge. Jane, Tom’s widow, tricks Buck into the perfect murder, thus avenging her husband’s death’ (TV Times, 11 December 1959, p. 29).
Production history: Dated to 1948.
Date of transmission: Tuesday 15 December 1959
Time: 9.35-11.05pm
Series: Play of the Week
Channel: ITV
Production company: Anglia Television (1959-)

Producer

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Playwright

Leonard Lee

Adapted for Television by

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Composer

Lambert Williamson

Designer

Reece Pemberton

Cast

Dawn Addams	Jane Lockridge
Keith Baxter	Broadcaster
Sandra Dorne	Billie Devine
Derek Francis	Harry Dietzler
George Howe	Dr Newman
John Ireland	Buck Carpenter
Oliver Johnston	Quentin Willard
Paul Lee	Judge
Richard Leech	Det.-Insp. Scott
Jack Lester	Foreman of Jury
Macdonald Parke	Edmund L. Hartley
Robert Perceval	Judge Romagna
John Stacy	Clerk of the Court
Alan Tilvern	District Attorney McDonough

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