Mr. And Mrs. North - The House Behind The Wall

Mr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, the couple were featured in a series of 26 Mr. and Mrs. North novels, a Broadway play, a motion picture and several radio and television series. Mr. and Mrs. North was a radio mystery series that aired on CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the title roles when the series began in 1942. Publisher Jerry North and his wife Pam lived in Greenwich Village at 24 St. Anne's Flat. They were not professional detectives but simply an ordinary couple who stumbled across a murder or two every week for 12 years. The radio program eventually reached nearly 20 million listeners.
Barbara Britton (September 26, 1919 - January 17, 1980) and Richard Denning (March 27, 1914 - October 11, 1998) starred in the TV adaptation, produced by John W. Loveton, seen on CBS from 1952 to 1953 and on NBC in 1954, sponsored by Revlon cosmetics.

Plot Outline The House Behind The Wall
During a driving rainstorm, the Norths' car gets a flat tire, leaving them stranded in the woods. They spot a seemingly deserted house nearby, when suddenly they hear a woman scream. Running to the house, they find a message scrawled on an upstairs window, leading to a horrible discovery in the basement.

Cast
Richard Denning ... Jerry North
Barbara Britton ... Pamela North
Francis De Sales ... Lt. Bill Weigand
Barbara Brown ... Ada Burton
Fay Roope ... Richard Burton
Lisa K. Howard ... Sherril Burton
Patrick O'Moore ... Sgt. Casey

Directed By Ralph Frances Murphy
Screenplay By Adele Comandini
Characters By Richard Lockridge, Frances Lockridge
Produced By John W. Loveton
Cinematography By Ellis W. Carter
Film Editing By Tholen Gladden
Assistant Director William McGarry
Sound Engineer Frank Goodwin

Original Air Date January 16, 1953 (USA)
Season 1, Episode 16
Production Co Federal Telefilms

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