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April 1948 (Austria) morePlot:
When successful business man Lee Warren suspects his wife is having an affair, he sets out find her lover... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Set-bound, perfect murder plodder of stage origins, with no-one to like, but a nicely nasty turn by Eric Portman as the villain moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Eric Portman | ... | Lee Warren |
| Greta Gynt | ... | Vivien Warren |
| Dennis Price | ... | Richard Fenton |
| Jack Warner | ... | Insp. Penbury |
| Maxwell Reed | ... | Jimmy Martin |
| Hazel Court | ... | Avis Fenton |
| Jane Hylton | ... | Rita |
| Andrew Crawford | ... | Sgt. Fox |
| Charles Rolfe | ... | Prison Warder |
| Hélène Burls | ... | Charwoman |
| Ernest Butcher | ... | Hall Porter |
| Judith Carol | ... | American Secretary |
| Valerie Ward | ... | Warren's Secretary |
| John Blythe | ... | Ernie |
| Vic Hagan | ... | American Barman |
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Gainsborough Studios, Islington, London, England, UKFun Stuff
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Little has been done to breathe cinematic life into this perfect murder stage play. Main problem is that none of the main characters are likable or very interesting. The person I was most interested in was Jane Hylton as the maid. She seemed to have far more going on beneath her servant exterior than anyone else managed to muster, (but lesser characters often do intrigue me).
Eric Portman does a decent turn as the cold, reptilian villain, and Greta Gynt (with ludicrous period hair-do and frocks) exudes ice as his missus. It's always good to see Dennis Price, and Jack Warner walks through his part as the detective.
I was mildly amused by Maxwell Reed's height. He towered over everyone else - must have been a chore composing some of the shots. The editing is nicely judged, but there's a (perhaps typically British) tendency to shy away from an intimate clinches. Maybe it was a censorship thing, but no-one seems to be allowed to have a decent snog.