Murder Anonymous
7.4 /10 1 Votes7.4
Genre Crime, Short | 7.2/10 IMDb Duration Running time 31 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer James Eastwood (screenplay), Roy H. Lewis Initial release November 1955 (United Kingdom) Screenplay James Eastwood, Roy H. Lewis Cast (Host), (Mrs Sheldon), (Douglas Sheldon), (Inspector Conway), Bettina Dickson (Mrs Bowman)Similar movies Related Ken Hughes movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murder Anonymous is a 1955 British crime short film directed by Ken Hughes and featuring Edgar Lustgarten, Peter Arne and Jill Bennett. It is perhaps most notable for an early appearance by Arthur Lowe, later to become famous as Captain Manwairing in Dad's Army, who plays a fingerprint expert.
Contents
Shown originally as a support feature in cinemas, it later became one of the Scotland Yard TV series.
Plot
The death of a playboy points the finger of suspicion at Bowman (Arthur Lovegrove), in whose divorce suit the dead man had been named.
Critical reception
Sky Movies noted "Another dip into the Merton Park Studios filing cabinet that housed their short Scotland Yard mysteries, hosted by mournful-faced criminologist Edgar Lustgarten. The director is Ken Hughes, who briskly illuminates the case in question and was later to go to on bigger - if not better - subjects, including The Trials of Oscar Wilde and Mae West's last picture, Sextette."
References
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