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The Orchard End Murder

Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and wanders away. She fetches up at the local railway station, where she is first entertained to tea by the garrulous, hunchbacked station master, then upset by the intrusion of the latter's assistant Ewen, who proceeds to kill a rabbit in her presence. Making her way back to the match, Pauline is waylaid by the simple-minded Ewen as she crosses an apple orchard; when his advances become violent, she tries to fight him off and he strangles her. The station master helps in covering up the murder, burying the corpse in the orchard.

Top Cast

  • Tracy Hyde

    Tracy Hyde

    Pauline Cox

  • Clive Mantle

    Clive Mantle

    Ewen

  • Bill Wallis

    Bill Wallis

    Railway Gatekeeper

  • Mark Hardy

    Mark Hardy

    Mike Robins

  • Raymond Adamson

    Raymond Adamson

    Mr Wickstead

  • Jessie Evans

    Jessie Evans

    Mrs Trowel

  • David Wilkinson

    David Wilkinson

    Batsman

  • Jeremy Watt

    Jeremy Watt

    Bowler

  • Geoffrey Frederick

    Geoffrey Frederick

    Cricket Captain

Overview

Charthurst Green, Kent, 1966. Pauline Cox accompanies Mike Robins to a village cricket match in which he is playing, but becomes bored and wanders away. She fetches up at the local railway station, where she is first entertained to tea by the garrulous, hunchbacked station master, then upset by the intrusion of the latter's assistant Ewen, who proceeds to kill a rabbit in her presence. Making her way back to the match, Pauline is waylaid by the simple-minded Ewen as she crosses an apple orchard; when his advances become violent, she tries to fight him off and he strangles her. The station master helps in covering up the murder, burying the corpse in the orchard.

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