Dossier on Dumetrius

Dossier on Dumetrius is a 1951 Australian radio serial by Lindsay Hardy. It was hugely popular and was adapted into a book and a film. There were also several sequels.

The lead role was played by Bruce Stewart who became an important writer.

Premise

Major Keen of MI5 tracks down the criminal Dumetrius.

Cast

• Bruce Stewart as Major Keen
• Dinah Shearing as Hedy Bergner
• Guy Doleman as Dumetrius
• Frank Waters as Sgt Tom Coutts
• Moray Powell as Col Milo Julian Fentris
• Alan White as Hank Godowski
• Reg Goldsworthy as Peter Ridgeway
• Ruth Cracknell as Dora

Adaptations

Hardy adapted the serial into a 1953 novel Requiem for a Redhead. This was filmed in England as Assignment Redhead (1956).

Sequels

The series was very popular. There were four sequels, with Stewart reprising his role in the first two:

• Deadly Nightshade, over 104 episodes in 1952. This was turned into a 1954 novel The Nightshade Ring.
• 26 Hours which aired 1952–53. This was turned into the 1955 novel Show No Mercy aka The Faceless Ones.
• Two Roads To Samarra (1955)
• The Smell Of Terror (1956)

References

External links

• Dossier on Dumetrius at Austlit
• Review of series at Great Detectives
• Complete episodes at Internet Archive