The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson

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The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson
"The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson" (1947).jpg
English pressbook cover
Directed by Oswald Mitchell
Written byFrancis Miller
Oswald Mitchell (Additional scenes & dialogue)
Produced byGilbert Church
Starring
CinematographyS.D. Onions
Music byIsaac Snoek
Production
company
Gilbert Church Productions (as Bushey)
Distributed byAmbassador Film Productions Ltd. (UK)
Release date
  • 16 June 1947 (1947-06-16)(UK)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson [lower-alpha 1] is a 1947 British crime film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Anthony Hulme, Lesley Osmond and Frank Hawkins. [1] The plot concerns a valuable inheritance, murder, confusions of identity, and a mysterious crime boss.

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Synopsis

A solicitor's secretary is taking a will to a client to be altered. Nearing the address, she bumps into a stranger and after finds a body (who turns out to be the client) lying murdered. The police find a note pinned to the dead man signed by a "V.L.S.". Mr Nicholson (V.L.S.) is approached by the police and he takes up the case.

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Notes

  1. The opening credits show the title as "Mysterious Mr. Nicholson".

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References

  1. "The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson (1947)". Archived from the original on 5 February 2009.