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Hidden Homicide

Hidden Homicide

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Summary

Murder mystery starring Griffith Jones. A writer is confronted by a chilling mystery when he wakes up in his cousin's country house. There's a gun in his hand, and the body of his cousin lies nearby. Yet the night before he went to sleep in his own London flat.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

David Parkinson

This low-budget thriller is based on Paul Capon's novel, Murder at Shinglestrand. The premise is decent enough, as writer Griffith Jones goes to bed in his London flat, only to wake in a strange cottage, with a gun in his hand and his wealthy cousin dead in the kitchen. When a pair of stranded female walkers seek sanctuary, Jones manages to convince one of them, Patricia Laffan, of his innocence. But her friend tells the police and Jones has to rely on crime reporter Bruce Seton to clear his name. Director Tony Young makes effective use of the locations, particularly around a houseboat at Chertsey. But the script keeps introducing and discarding characters at a bewildering rate, among them a furniture forger, a devious charlady, and a Wild West music-hall performer. Conveniently, Seton's journo knows a bit too much about the case's more obscure details. But he and Jones bond well, although Laffan too easily blunders into a trap that features the film's stand-out player. But to identify them would ruin the big reveal.

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5.5/10

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Cast

rolenameMichael CornforthGriffith JonesJeanPatricia LaffanOswald CastellanJames KenneyBill DoddBruce SetonMarianMaya KoumaniAshburyRobert RaglanWrightRichard ShawMungo PeddeyCharles Farrell (2)DarbyDanny Green

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rolenameDirectorTony Young

Details

Theatrical distributor

Luckwell Prods Ltd

Released on

1959-01-01

Languages

English

Formats

Black and white

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