The Eighty Nine Men
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| Genre | serial drama |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 mins (8:00 pm – 8:30 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Home station | 2FC |
| Starring | Lloyd Lamble |
| Written by | Max Afford |
| Produced by | Charles Wheeler |
| Original release | October 19, 1942 |
The Eighty Nine Men is a 1942 Australian radio serial by Max Afford.[1][2] It was inspired by a photograph of the "89" butterfly in National Geographic magazine.[3]
Premise
[edit | edit source]A gang of Fifth Columnists, with headquarters in Costa Rica, who take the "89" butterfly as their symbol. A serious young butterfly-hunter becomes unwittingly mixed up with them.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Lloyd Lamble as Charles Entwistle
- Neva Carr Glyn
- Atholl Fleming
- Iris Moore as Eve Hemminway[4]
- Vivian Edwards
- Reginald Collins as Alan Grant
Episodes
[edit | edit source]- Episode 1 - "The Thing in the Museum"[5]
- Episode 2 - "The Curious Mr. McGonigal" - We meet the strange family which inhabits the Hemminway mansion, near the museum.[6]
- Episode 3 - "Mystery After Midnight"[7]
- Episode 4 - "The Four Traitors"
- Episode 5 - "The Fourth Heir " - After the reading of Sir Rupert Hemminway's will, his daughter Eve is now wealthy. But there is a codicil to the will, regarding a mysterious fourth heir. Lysander McGonigal delivers Eve a warning, which is echoed by the witch-like Aunt Rose. Entwhistle and Larry set out on a search for the missing Sally Campbell .[8]
- Episode 6 - "Introducing Dr. Gresham" - Lucius Hemminway's over confidence leads him to make a mistake
- Episode 7 - "Terror at East Wynch" - The scene of the Hemminway murders and the trail of the Eighty-Nine Men moves from the Hemminway home to the nursing home of Dr. Graham.[9]
- Episode 8 - "Death in the Shadows"
- Episode 9 - "Evidence from Costa Rica"[10]
- Final episode - "The Face of Murder"
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