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Wise Child Part 1 (Original title)
Date: 04 April 1973 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Bill Podmore

Synopsis: Raoul Lapointe claims he is the son of the late Sir Thomas Crittenden - a claim Lady Crittenden dismisses as absurd. Today his trial starts at Fulchester Crown Court, where he is accused of attempting to obtain money by deception.

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TV Transmissions
Date: 04 April 1973Broadcast channel: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 13:30-14:00Runtime: 30 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 04 April 1973not specified

Credits (6)
Production Company: Granada Television, Producer: Michael Dunlop, Researcher: Martin Weitz, Script: Bruce Stewart, Designer: Knowles Bentley
Cast (15)
William Mervyn (Mr Justice Campbell), Dorothy Vernon (Helen Tate), Terrence Hardiman (Stephen Harvesty), Carleton Hobbs (Wilfrid Bowers), Derek Griffiths (Raoul Lapointe), Helen Cherry (Lady Crittenden), Nigel Havers (Bernard Crittenden), Earl Cameron (Antoine Mbula), Jenny Twigge (Kate Crittenden), Norman Shelley (Auguste van Helm), Jenny Austen (nurse), Derek Hockridge (clerk of court), Kenneth Law (jury foreman), Joseph Berry (court usher), Peter Wheeler (court reporter)