NOOSE FOR A LADY is a stylish British murder mystery that starts with a woman being convicted and sentenced for the murder of her husband. She has seven days until sentence is carried out. Then arrives a cousin (Dennis Price) from colonial Uganda who is determined to find the real killer. He goes to the quaint little English village she lives in and starts snooping. There's the worried step-daughter (Rona Anderson) who teams up with him to examine the various suspects. It seems everyone in town had a motive and chance to kill the mean old man. Story ends with the now clichéd gathering of all the suspects and the statement, "Someone in this room is the killer." No major stars in this little Brit thriller but everyone is quite good. Ronald Howard is the local doctor, Charles Lloyd Pack the quirky local trinket collector, Alison Leggatt and Melissa Stribling the lady and niece with a secret, Colin Tapley the fussy major, and Esma Cannon as Miss Ginch the town gossip. Great fun and a surprise ending. Plus with Dennis Price and Esma Cannon, what's not to like?
Review of Noose for a Lady
