The Escape of R.D.7
The Escape of R.D.7 is a British television series first broadcast in 1961. A serial, it was transmitted by the BBC in five episodes.
Synopsis
Doctor Anna Hastings develops a R.D.7, a virus she believes will wipe out rats. After her laboratory is closed down after her assistant is injured, she continues her work on a remote location in the marshes of Essex but soon becomes concerned that virus is beginning to spread amongst humans.Main cast
- Barbara Murray as Dr. Anna Hastings
- Jennifer Wright as Peggy Butler
- Ellen Pollock as Dr. Mary Carter
- Derek Waring as David Cardosa
- Roger Croucher as Peter Warner
- Edward Malin as Tucker
- Doel Luscombe as Cafe proprietor
- Nigel Arkwright as Mackie
- Victor Platt as George Warner
- Joan Newell as Mrs. Warner
- Tony Bronte as Glass
- Patrick Cargill as Patrice Constantine
- John Dearth as Dr. Protheroe
- William Fox as Dr. Harrington
- Philip Holles as Dr. Blenkinsop
- Paul Eddington as Michael Rabinowitz
- Robin Wentworth as PC Crabtree
- Michael Collins as Det. Sgt. Brady
- Austin Trevor as Sir Charles Delman
- Alec Ross as Bannard
- John Moore as Porter
- Basil Beale as Alan Fry
- Patrick Connor as PC Hanley
- Raymond Hodge as Policeman
- Soraya Rafat as Secretary