East of Piccadilly | |
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Directed by | Harold Huth |
Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
Screenplay by | J. Lee Thompson Lesley Storm |
Based on | story East of Piccadilly by Gordon Beckles |
Starring | Judy Campbell Sebastian Shaw Niall MacGinnis |
Music by | Marr Mackie |
Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
Distributed by | Associated British Picture Corporation Producers Releasing Corporation (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
East of Piccadilly released in the US as The Strangler is a 1941 British mystery film based on a story by Gordon Beckles. [1] [2] It was directed by Harold Huth and starring Judy Campbell, Sebastian Shaw, Niall MacGinnis, Henry Edwards, Martita Hunt, Charles Victor and Frederick Piper. [3] [4]
A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.
While TV Guide called it an "outdated mystery yarn", [5] Moria wrote that "East of Piccadilly gets by on a certain snappiness. The dialogue often has a dry wit about it." [6]
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