The Derelicts are Fenton Shanks (Johnny Silver) a gambler and Peter Goodfellow (Robert Newton.) Both are homeless hobos but their luck is about to change.
Goodfellow saw businessman and inventor Ralph Cowell (Phillip Reed) murder his silent business partner Sloane in the park. Cowell could not pay him his share of the profits because of his grasping greedy wife Herta.
Now both have moved into Cowell's home, drink his booze, pawn his valuables and demand a monthly allowance. They have with them a note of the business relationship that Cowell had with Sloane.
Herta is not happy that her fur coats have gone. Now with the urging of Herta, Cowell plots to kill both of them.
The episode is less of a mystery with a twist. More a slight amusing morality tale. Maybe Cowell would have been better off without his greedy spoilt wife.
Goodfellow saw businessman and inventor Ralph Cowell (Phillip Reed) murder his silent business partner Sloane in the park. Cowell could not pay him his share of the profits because of his grasping greedy wife Herta.
Now both have moved into Cowell's home, drink his booze, pawn his valuables and demand a monthly allowance. They have with them a note of the business relationship that Cowell had with Sloane.
Herta is not happy that her fur coats have gone. Now with the urging of Herta, Cowell plots to kill both of them.
The episode is less of a mystery with a twist. More a slight amusing morality tale. Maybe Cowell would have been better off without his greedy spoilt wife.