No – this is not a film title but a scene from a BBC Television production from 1954 involving the story’s protagonist, the Irish adventurer Charles Wogan with Patrick Troughton as Chevalier Wogan.

The series was ‘Clementina’

I do remember this episode so well. Chevalier Wogan stays at a hotel / hostelry where there have been a number of travellers robbed and murdered so he is very much prepared when he settles down in his bedroom upstairs. He waits and listens close to the window at the front of the dwelling.

He hears someone outside clambering up towards the window close to where the hotel sign is. The sign is completely blank with no name. Wogan waits and when the intruder clambers up using the sign as a handle, he flings open the window and grabs the arm of the robber and plunges his knife into the robber’s hand

During the struggle, Wogan pins or stabs his opponent’s hand directly onto the blank wooden sign-board of the building. Seeing the bloody print left behind, Wogan declares that the establishment finally has a name: “The Mark of the Five Red Fingers”

Patrick Troughton is Chevalier Wogan

ABOVE – Joy Harrington – in charge of drama production for the BBC – the only one channel available – discusses the script with Michael Ashwin who plays James Stuart and Elizabeth Henson who plays Clementina.

Elizabeth Henson did not have a long career but she made quite an impact in her debut film ‘The Girl Who Couldn’t Quite’ released in 1950 – one review states “Elizabeth Henson acts with her heart and her head and makes a highly successful début as the wistful and neurotic Ruth.

Patrick Troughton, in an interview, gives much praise to Joy Harrington who gave him his break on Television with such roles as Alan Breck in ‘Kidnapped’ and ‘Robin Hood’ and then a bit later ‘Clementina’ – all similar roles. He did play Roach in Walt Disney’s classic version on ‘Treasure Island’ before these parts came along – so he did act at Denham Film Studios – Lucky man !!