Murder Anonymous
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| Directed by | Ken Hughes |
| Screenplay by | James Eastwood Roy H. Lewis |
| Produced by | Alec C. Snowden |
| Starring | Edgar Lustgarten Peter Arne Jill Bennett |
| Narrated by | Edgar Lustgarten |
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| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated (UK) |
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Running time | 31 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Murder Anonymous is a 1955 British crime short film directed by Ken Hughes and featuring Edgar Lustgarten, Peter Arne and Jill Bennett.[1][2]
It was made by Anglo-Amalgamated as part of the Scotland Yard film series, as support for feature film screenings in cinemas .[3][4]
Plot
[edit]The death of a playboy points the finger of suspicion at Bowman, in whose divorce suit the dead man had been named.
Cast
[edit]- Edgar Lustgarten as host
- Peter Arne as Douglas Sheldon
- Jill Bennett as Mrs. Sheldon
- Ewen Solon as Inspector Conway
- Brian O'Higgins as Detective Sergeant
- Louise Gainsborough as Mrs. Langster
- Arthur Lovegrove as Bowman
- Bettina Dickson as Mrs. Bowman
- John Penrose as Langster
- Vanda Godsell as hotel guest
- Dervis Ward as Detective Sergeant
- Alastair Hunter as Harry
- Philip Ray as police doctor
- Doug Robinson as Mr. Robinson
- Frank Hawkins as police sergeant
- Arthur Lowe as fingerprint expert
- Joy Webster as judo girl
- John Dunbar as doctor
- Travers Humphreys as himself
Critical reception
[edit]Kine Weekly wrote: "This taut mystery featurette, the latest of the highly popular real life Scotland Yard series, shows how the police unravelled a particularly tricky muider case, involving a blind man and a woman Judo expert. Edgar Lustgarten, the BBC authority, explains salient issues, and the Right Honourable Sir Travers Humphries, a former judge, gives his opinion on the finer points of law. Their contributions underline the thrills realistically presented, and put the seal on first-class crime reporting. Very good quota."[5]
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."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Murder Anonymous". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "Murder Anonymous (1955)". Archived from the original on 30 December 2016.
- ^ "14: MURDER ANONYMOUS (1955) - MERTON PARK STUDIOS".
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 November 2020). "Ken Hughes Forgotten Auteur". Filmink.
- ^ "Murder Anonymous". Kine Weekly. 464 (2525): 21. 17 November 1955 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Murder Anonymous".