Tales of the Unexpected:

Tales of the Unexpected: The Surgeon

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Robert Sandy is an Oxford doctor, and one day a grateful patient - a Saudi Arabian prince - gives him a huge diamond. Robert and his wife Betty find that their new jewel, if they keep it, is really more of a liability than an asset - and Robert has to face up to his own lust for money.

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Writers:: Roald Dahl

Director:: Graham Evans

Stars:: Karen Standley (Dancer (title sequence))

Guest Star:: John Skitt (James Wishart); Devon Scott (Jane Chenies); Raad Rawi (Crown Prince Zawi); Geoffrey Greenhill (Detective Inspector Watkins); Alison Fiske (Betty Sandy); Jonathan Coy (William Haddock); Shirley Cain (Sister Wyman); David Belcher (Julius Goff); John Alderton (Robert Sandy); Thorley Walters (Harry Gold)