One of the fraud victims - Lord James Brigsley - has yet to come up with a plan to retrieve their money. Stars Stratford Johns.
Four men have managed to retrieve the greater part of the million dollars conned from them by American crook, Harvey Metcalfe.
But one of them - Lord James Brigsley - has yet to come up with his plan to get back the remainder.
His attention has been concentrated on persuading the beautiful Anne Summerton to marry him.
Successful at last, he's discovered - to his horror - that his future father-in-law is..... Harvey Metcalfe!
Jeffrey Archer's debut novel.
Starring Stratford Johns, Paul Darrow, Francis Matthews, Edward De Souza and Jeremy Clyde.
Dramatised by Betty Davies
The Narrator .... Jeffrey Archer
Harvey Metcalfe:.... Stratford Johns
Stephen Bradley:.... Paul Darrow
Adrian Tryner:.... Francis Matthews
Jean Pierre Lamanns .... Edward de Souza
Lord James Brigsley:..... Jeremy Clyde
Anne Summerton .... Lesley-Anne Down
Clergyman .... Patrick Barr
Major-Domo .... Brian Haines
Guest .... Amanda Murray
Director: Glyn Dearman
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980.