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6.6/10 • 5

1962-06-011h 0m

CrimeDramaMystery

Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time as the artist's striking model with her long black hair disappears.

Directors
Peter Maxwell
Editors
Allan Morrison

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  1. Patrick Holt

    Patrick Holt

    Inspector Gregory

  2. Emrys Jones

    Emrys Jones

    Howard Rogers

  3. Honor Blackman

    Honor Blackman

    Ann Rogers

  4. Bruce Beeby

    Bruce Beeby

    Det. Sgt Conway

  5. John Horsley

    John Horsley

    Mr. Fisher

  6. Robert Perceval

    Robert Perceval

    Bank Manager

  7. Wally Patch

    Wally Patch

    Barman

  8. Frank Pettitt

    Frank Pettitt

    Fred (as Frank Pettit)

  9. Benedicta Leigh

    Benedicta Leigh

    Policewoman Scott

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CinemaSerf

Nov 25, 2023

5/10

We open with a woman walking up the stairs, turning to find a person standing in the doorway and - boom! The police arrive at the rural cottage and we discover that she was the wealthy wife of struggling painter "Howard" (Emyr Jones). Was everything in their marriage happy? Well it falls to "Insp. Gregory" (Patrick Holt) to get to the bottom fo things - a task made more complicated when one of the artist's models goes missing and that's before we get quite a twist to throw the plates in the air and leave us with a rather jumbled and overly contrived mystery. The remainder of the hour seems designed to showcase the acting talents of Honor Blackman rather than deliver a plausible mystery and by the end I'd rather lost interest. It's a low budget affair which doesn't help, but Peter Maxwell's rather staccato and lacklustre direction makes heavy weather of this, sorry.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
shotgunscotland yardcriminal investigationbody identification