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Hour of Mystery is an hour-long UK mystery anthology television series. [1] Donald Wolfit introduced each of the episodes, which were produced by ABC Weekend TV [2] and aired on the ITV network in 1957. [3] [4] [5]
Only two of the episodes are known to exist, out of the 20 made. [6]
Episodes included adaptations of The Man in Half Moon Street , The Woman in White , Portrait in Black , and Night Must Fall . [7] [8] [9] [10]
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