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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Cell
Season 2
Episode 3
The door shuts with a dull metal clang. Professor van Dusen is locked in the Condemned Cell – Cell 13. Between him and freedom are the cell walls, 7 locked steel doors, an 18-foot high wall, and 25 yards of clear ground lit by searchlights. He claims he will “think” his way out. Will he do it? Or, will be become a laughing stock?
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John Neville stars as R. Austin Freeman’s brilliant forensic expert Dr. John Thorndyke.