The Clock Strikes Eight

<p>Appointment With Fear-The Clock Strikes Eight 5-18-44  This week, a <em>Suspense</em> clone suggested by and scripted by John Dickson Carr, who was also the creator of the Man In Black on <em>Suspense.</em> <em>Appointment With Fear</em> was JD Carr’s bringing of <em>Suspense</em> to the British public in the mid-1940s. Their Man in Black looked and sounded the part – Valentine Dyall, a man with a sonorous voice.This episode is a Dr. Gideon Fell mystery. Fell was one of Carr’s creations – a detective who was both pompous and portly and the actor in this episode certainly fits the description aurally!  This is an episode called “The Clock Strikes Eight.  oldtimeradiodvd.com</p>