Hidden Homicide | |
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Directed by | Tony Young |
Screenplay by | Bill Luckwell Anthony Young |
Based on | Death at Shinglestrand by Paul Capon |
Produced by | Bill Luckwell Derek Winn |
Starring | Griffith Jones Patricia Laffan James Kenney Bruce Seton Peter Carver Danny Green |
Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
Edited by | John Ferris |
Music by | William Trytel |
Production companies | Bill and Michael Luckwell Films |
Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors Republic Pictures (US) |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Hidden Homicide is a 1959 British 'B' [1] mystery film directed by Tony Young and starring Griffith Jones, Patricia Laffan, James Kenney, Bruce Seton, Peter Carver and Danny Green. [2] It was written by Bill Luckwell and Young, based on the 1951 novel Death at Shinglestrand by Paul Capon. It was released on 25 February 1959 by Rank Film Distributors. [3] [4]
Writer Michael Cornforth wakes up in a strange house in the countryside – fully clothed and holding a gun. On investigating, he discovers his cousin's dead body in the kitchen, and soon finds himself accused of murder.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "After an intriguing start, this romantic 'whodunnit' collapses under clumsy development, involving a strained exercise in female impersonation from James Kenney and a particularly far-fetched dénouement." [5]
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