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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle & Tyre Co. Ltd
Season 1
Episode 3
Peter Vaughan stars as Arthur Morrison’s notorious villain, private inquiry agent Horace Dorrington. In this story of fraud and industrial espionage, the deadly rivalry of two big bicycle companies leads to some very dirty work at the race track and at the stock exchange.
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