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Dead by Morning

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5.5/10 • 6

1955-07-011h 8m

CrimeMysteryComedy

A spine tingling comedy-thriller!

Gorgeous Kate Dax and her crime-writer husband, Andrew, investigate the murder of eccentric spinster Miss Tulip at a remote country cottage.

Directors
Leslie Arliss

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  1. Diana Dors

    Diana Dors

    Kate Dax

  2. Patrick Holt

    Patrick Holt

    Andrew Dax

  3. Jack Hulbert

    Jack Hulbert

    Constable Feathers

  4. Cicely Courtneidge

    Cicely Courtneidge

    Millicent Tulip

  5. Joss Ambler

    Joss Ambler

    Inspector Thorne

  6. Ida Patlanski

    Ida Patlanski

    Judith Gale

  7. George Roderick

    George Roderick

    Sergeant Akers

  8. Brian Oulton

    Brian Oulton

    Dr. Willis

  9. Ian Wilson

    Ian Wilson

    Police photographer

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CinemaSerf

Nov 12, 2022

6/10

Patrick Holt is "Dax", a successful crime writer who is suffering from a bit of a mental block. His wife "Kate" (Diana Dors) suggest they take a break in the country where they encounter the eponymous "Miss Tulip" (Cicely Courtneidge) - but not for long. On coming down in the morning, they discover the French windows open and their guest shot dead. The police arrive and under the investigative gaze of "Insp. Thorne" (Joss Ambler) the game is afoot. Dors was always a very light-weight actress and offers little of substance here, but at times there is a bit of fun tit-for-tat dialogue between the policeman and the novelist to keep this otherwise entirely forgettable comedy off the rocks. The ending is not quite the stuff of Agatha Christie but it's a little bit quirky and all-in-all this is actually quite a passable, low-budget, hour or so of bucolic sleuthing.

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