Three Cases of Murder

Three Cases of Murder

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  • Genre: Mystery, Horror
  • Release Date: 1955-03-15
  • Runtime: 99 minutes
  • : 5.7
  • Production Company: British Lion Film Corporation
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
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5.7/10
5.7
From 24 Ratings

Description

Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. Is their friendship strong enough for them to alibi each other? When a young politician is hurt by the arrogant Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lord Mountdrago, he uses Mountdrago's dreams to get revenge.

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  • CinemaSerf

    7
    By CinemaSerf
    Alan Badel provides the thespian thread for these three stories and he is really quite effective. The middle one is more of a straightforward, manipulative, whodunit - with an interesting twist at the end; but the other two are worth a bit more comment. In the opener, his role is in a museum where he engages in conversation with an employee "Jarvis" (Hugh Pryse). He brings his new friend's attention to the fine detail of a painting which looks almost real. Of course it can't be - or can it? What lies behind that black wooden door and why might the candle in the window only seem to burn some of the time? The final instalment features a rather clever psychological drama with Orson Welles as the grandiose Foreign Secretary "Lord Mountdrago" who casually swats away a speech by Badel's opposing MP "Owen". It's all in a day's work for the former man's superior intellect, save that shortly after his victory he starts to have vivid dreams that feature his new nemesis and some increasingly disagreeable scenarios for himself. He seeks the assistance of the puzzled "Dr. Audlin" (André Morell) wary that he seems to be losing control! This latter one is the more substantial of the trilogy, but together they deliver quite an enjoyably interesting series of slightly eerie, oddly provocative, dramas that I found quite intriguing. Worth a watch.

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