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.