Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell) is the stripper whom Mike hires to pose as Barbara. It's all part of a scheme to fool Mike's ex-convict dad Sam Roscoe (Mervyn Johns). The son hopes to entice Sam into revealing the whereabouts of his stolen money, and Paula is hopefully going to do the trick. Based on a novel by Jonathan Burke, Echo of Barbara is a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters.

Cast

Mervyn Johns

Sam Roscoe

Maureen Connell

Paula Brown

Paul Stassino

Caledonia

Ronald Hines

Mike Roscoe

Tom Bell

Ben

Brian Peck

Ted

Beatrice Varley

Mrs. Roscoe

John Abineri

Rankin

Eddie Leslie

Aide

Diana Potter

Pam

Barbara Smith