"Dial 999" - 50,000 Hands (1959)
1959 · Television · 25 min
- Crime
- Action
Synopsis
Robert Beatty stars as Mike Maguire, a Canadian Mountie who has been assigned to Scotland Yard to learn British crime-fighting methods. TRIVIA FACT: This episode features guest stars William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, both of whom would later go on to play The Doctor in Doctor Who, and was directed by Hammer Horror director Terrence Fisher.
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★★★★ · Dial the number mate · Quigs · 2014-12-29
Interesting early procedural police series. I thought it was well done. Nice to see Patrick Troughton as a hobo a role he would take on later as the Doctor who was referred to as the Cosmic Hobo. Quigs