Attempt to Kill

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Attempt to Kill
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Theatrical poster
Directed by Royston Morley
Written by Richard Harris
Based onThe Lone House Mystery
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
Jim O'Connolly
Starring
CinematographyBert Mason
Edited by Edward Jarvis
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
54 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Attempt to Kill is a 1961 British film. It was a rare feature directed by Royston Morley, and based on a story by Edgar Wallace, The Lone House Mystery. [2] [3] It was one of a series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries , British second-features, produced at Merton Park Studios in the 1960s. [1]

Contents

Premise

A businessman fires one of his employees, then someone tries to murder him. The fired man becomes the prime suspect.

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Attempt to Kill (1961)". Radio Times.
  2. ATTEMPT TO KILL Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 28, Iss. 324, (Jan 1, 1961): 141.
  3. "Attempt to Kill (1961)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.