Murder Anonymous

Murder Anonymous
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
Production company	Merton Park Studios
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated (UK)
Release date	November 1955 (1955-11)(UK)
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

The death of a playboy points the finger of suspicion at Bowman, in whose divorce suit the dead man had been named.

Cast

• 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

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

1. "Murder Anonymous". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
2. "Murder Anonymous (1955)". Archived from the original on 30 December 2016.
3. "14: MURDER ANONYMOUS (1955) - MERTON PARK STUDIOS".
4. Vagg, Stephen (14 November 2020). "Ken Hughes Forgotten Auteur". Filmink.
5. "Murder Anonymous" . Kine Weekly . 464 (2525): 21. 17 November 1955. ProQuest   2738580883.
6. "Murder Anonymous".

External links

• Murder Anonymous at IMDb