Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.
Philip Marlow
Nurse Mills
Mr Hall
Night Nurse
Reginald
First Mysterious Man
Second Mysterious Man
Mark Binney / Raymond / Mark Finney, Mark Binney / Mark Finney, Mark Binney / Raymond, Mark Binney
Mr Tomkey, Noddy Tomkey
10-Year-Old Philip
Porter
Mr Marlow
Mrs Marlow / Lili, Mrs Marlow
Staff Nurse White
Schoolteacher
Dr Finlay
Dr Gibbon
10-Year-Old Mark
George Adams
Grandad Baxter
Sonia
Sister Malone
Uncle John
Aunt Emily
Soldier
Mrs Adams