Serena

1962

1h 0m

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6.6/10

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Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time as the artist's striking model with her long black hair disappears.

Directors

Peter Maxwell

Writers

Edward Abraham(story by)

Valerie Abraham(story by)

Reginald Hearne(screenplay by)

Stars

Patrick Holt

Emrys Jones

Honor Blackman

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Inspector Gregory

Howard Rogers

Ann Rogers

Det. Sgt Conway

Mr. Fisher

Bank Manager

Barman

Fred (as Frank Pettit)

Benedicta Leigh

Policewoman Scott

Peter Glaze

Station Booking Clerk

Vi Stevens

Landlady

Howard Greene

River Police Sergeant

Raymond Smith

River Police Constable

Lawrence James

Uniformed Constable

Reginald Hearne

Doctor (as Reggie Hearne)

Barry Linehan

Forensic Chemist

Gerry Duggan

Norman Cole

Colin Rix

Plain Clothes Detective

Directors

Peter Maxwell

Writers

Edward Abraham(story by)

Valerie Abraham(story by)

Reginald Hearne(screenplay by)

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5/10

We open with a woman walking up the stairs, turning to find a person standing in the doorway and - boom! The police arrive at the rural cottage and we discover that she was the wealthy wife of struggling painter "Howard" (Emyr Jones). Was everything in their marriage happy? Well it falls to "Insp. Gregory" (Patrick Holt) to get to the bottom fo things - a task made more complicated when one of the artist's models goes missing and that's before we get quite a twist to throw the plates in the air and leave us with a rather jumbled and overly contrived mystery. The remainder of the hour seems designed to showcase the acting talents of Honor Blackman rather than deliver a plausible mystery and by the end I'd rather lost interest. It's a low budget affair which doesn't help, but Peter Maxwell's rather staccato and lacklustre direction makes heavy weather of this, sorry.

Geronimo196725 Nov, 2023