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The Painted Smile

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Music director
  
Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Thriller

Screenplay
  
Jane Baker, Pip Baker

Language
  
English

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Writer
  
Pip Baker
,
Jane Baker

Release date
  
May 1962 (UK)

Based on
  
an original idea by Brock Williams

Cast
  
(Jo Lake), (Kleinie), (Mark), (Mary),
Tony Wickert
(Tom), (Nightclub Singer)

Similar movies
  
Related Lance Comfort movies

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The Painted Smile is a 1962 British thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Liz Fraser, Kenneth Griffith, Peter Reynolds and Tony Wickert. The film was known in the U.S. as Murder Can be Deadly.

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Plot

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Tom, a student, comes under suspicion of murder when he discovers a dead body in the flat of con artist Jo. When he accidentally touches the murder weapon, Jo convinces him it's in his interest to dispose of the body. The victim was Jo's partner in crime who's been killed by a Soho gang leader. However, the suspicions of the police are aroused and Tom becomes the obvious suspect.

Cast

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  • Liz Fraser - Jo Lake
  • Kenneth Griffith - Kleinie
  • Peter Reynolds - Mark
  • Tony Wickert - Tom
  • Craig Douglas - Nightclub Singer
  • Nanette Newman - Mary
  • Ray Smith - Glynn
  • David Hemmings - Roy
  • Harold Berens - Mikhala
  • Grazina Frame - Lucy
  • Richard McNeff - Police Inspector
  • Gerald Sim - Plain Clothes Policeman
  • Rosemary Chalmers - Gloria
  • Mia Karam - Dawn
  • Terence Maidment - Henchman
  • Bill Stevens - Henchman
  • Lionel Ngakane - Barman
  • Ann Wrigg - Manageress
  • Critical reception

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    The Radio Times wrote, "this dreadfully dull British B-movie makes its brief running time seem like an eternity"; while Cinedelica called the film "engaging and without a dull moment. Good stuff."

    References

    The Painted Smile Wikipedia
    The Painted Smile IMDb The Painted Smile themoviedb.org