More Than Robbery

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More Than Robbery
GenreThriller
Written by Raymond Bowers
Directed by Shaun Sutton
Starring Terence Morgan
Helen Cherry
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerShaun Sutton
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Original release
Network BBC 1
Release12 February (1958-02-12) 
19 March 1958 (1958-03-19)

More Than Robbery is a British thriller television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958. [1]

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  1. Baskin p.30

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