Guilty Party

Summary

1964 Associated Television production for ITV of Guilty Party by George Ross and Campbell Singer.

Theatre play

Guilty Party by George Ross and Campbell Singer [more information]

Play synopsis

'A prosperous new firm has been founded on the ruins of an old one, though it has taken the board six years to recover their good name following an embezzlement by one of their members. One of the creditors of the old firm took his life in despair, and his daughter has taken a position with the new firm in order to avenge him. She had discovered the assumed name of the absconder, and by a very clever ruse arranges for him to be present at the time of a board meeting, where she will have him "tried." In the course of the confrontation, however, the airtight case against the absconder crumbles; and the finger of guilt points equally to each board member. The supposed absconder has been doing a little detective work himself. The truth is, the new firm is now in precisely the same position as the old one when it was ruined; and the same culprit is at this very moment planning the same defalcation that will wreck the new firm as well. Who is the culprit? The action tenses to a clean kill at the climax.' Source: http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/8934/guilty-party.

Production history

Published in 1962.

Date of transmission

Monday 24 February 1964

Time

9.10-10.30pm

Series

Play of the Week

Channel

ITV

Production company

Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)

Credits

Director

John Moxey

Playwright

George Ross

Playwright

Campbell Singer

Designer

Disley Jones

Cast

Jennifer Daniel	Angela Forest
Nigel Davenport	David Newman
Rachel Gurney	Margaret Kingsley
Laurence Hardy	Stanley Littlefield
Basil Henson	Colin Newman
Donald Morley	Roy Morgan
Frederick Piper	Jackson Hibberd
Ewan Roberts	Lewis Cruickshank
Richard Vernon	Roger Schofield
Zena Walker	Joan Henderson
Douglas Wilmer	Theodore Henderson

Additional details

Play tags

business; thriller

Print sources

Title

TV Times, 21 February 1964 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 35; article, p. 16