Saturday Playhouse The Shop at Sly Corner (Season 1, Episode 57)
TV Episode | 90 min | Drama

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Saturday Playhouse

The Shop at Sly Corner (Season 1, Episode 57)

TV Episode | 90 min | Drama

Descius Heiss is a French expatriate, and former Devil's Island prisoner, with two passions; driving shrewd bargains in antiques at his Sly Corner Shop, and the care of his motherless, violin-playing daughter, Margaret. But, his ...See moreDescius Heiss is a French expatriate, and former Devil's Island prisoner, with two passions; driving shrewd bargains in antiques at his Sly Corner Shop, and the care of his motherless, violin-playing daughter, Margaret. But, his comfortable wealth comes more from being a fence for stolen goods than it does buying-and-selling antiques. His secret is discovered by his shop assistant Archie Fellowes, a nasty, sniveling young rat, and he begins blackmailing Heiss. Heiss employs the usual solution to blackmailers, and the film ends in a London concert-hall where Margaret is playing the Mendelssohm Violin Concerto. Written by Les Adams See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Joseph Fürst Descius Heiss Descius Heiss See fewer	Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Dorothy Bromiley Margaret Heiss Margaret Heiss See fewer	Saturday Playhouse (1958)
Lily Kann Mathilde Heiss Mathilde Heiss See fewer	Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
Terence Longdon Robert Graham Robert Graham See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Milton Johns Steve Hubbard Steve Hubbard See fewer	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Harry Fowler Archie Fellowes Archie Fellowes See fewer	The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Prunella Scales Joan Deal Joan Deal See fewer	Howards End (1992)
Gretchen Franklin Mrs. Catt Mrs. Catt See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1973)
Wilfrid Brambell Corder Morris Corder Morris See fewer	A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Paul Eddington John Elliott John Elliott See fewer	Yes, Prime Minister (1986)