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01/06/1962 Crime, Drama, Mystery 1h 0m
70
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Overview

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.

  1. Peter Maxwell

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Patrick Holt

    Inspector Gregory

  2. Emrys Jones

    Howard Rogers

  3. Honor Blackman

    Ann Rogers

  4. Bruce Beeby

    Det. Sgt Conway

  5. John Horsley

    Mr. Fisher

  6. Robert Perceval

    Bank Manager

  7. Wally Patch

    Barman

  8. Frank Pettitt

    Fred (as Frank Pettit)

  9. Benedicta Leigh

    Policewoman Scott

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-11-25
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 des...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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