Vera Barnes - better known as "Madame Veda Bronski", a spiritualist and professed clairvoyant - is charged with obtaining money by deception from widow Elizabeth Penn. <br /><br />Barbara Shelley, star of many a Hammer Horror film, stars as the defendant. Joan Hickson, the definitive Miss Marple, appears as complainant Elizabeth Penn. Both Tim Preece (Professor Loomis) and Christopher Benjamin (prosecuting counsel) appeared in Doctor Who - Planet of the Daleks and Talons of Weng-Chiang respectively. <br /><br />Viewers may recognise Christopher Hancock (Phillip Weems) as Charlie Cotton in EastEnders. Ray Mort (John Winder) was also known for his appearances in "Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt" as well as several productions of "Play for Today".
