Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre

1 Sep 2008 14:15 BBC Radio 4

Towards the end of his career, movie star Peter Lorre found himself at the centre of a strange legal case. Incorporating verbatim extracts from the court transcripts, Michael Butt's play explores what was going through Lorre's troubled mind as he fought to protect his name.

Peter Lorre ...... Stephen Greif
Lester Salkow ...... Peter Marinker
Helen Hafner ...... Helen Longworth
Eugene Weingand ...... Kenneth Collard
Jack Paar/Barclay ...... Nathan Osgood
Judge Burnett Wolfson ...... John Rowe
Robert Shutan ...... Kerry Shale
Curtis Gemmil ...... John Chancer
Directed by Toby Swift.