Hidden Homicide

1959

1h 10m

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4.8/10

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A novelist wakes up with a gun in his hand and a corpse in the house he woke up in. He doesn't remember how he got there or even if he committed the killing.

Directors

Anthony Young

Writers

Bill Luckwell(screenplay by)

Paul Capon(novel by)

Anthony Young(screenplay by)

Stars

Griffith Jones

Patricia Laffan

James Kenney

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Michael Cornforth

Jean Gilson

Oswald Castellan

Bill Dodd

Wally Gizzard

Cliff Darby

Mungo Peddy

Wright

Ashbury

Marian Savage

The Innkeeper

Ben Leacock

Marshall

Porter

Directors

Anthony Young

Writers

Bill Luckwell(screenplay by)

Paul Capon(novel by)

Anthony Young(screenplay by)

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"Cornforth" (Griffiths Jones) wakes up, fully clothed, in a strange house in the middle of nowhere. He has no idea how he got there, nor why he has a gun in his hand and why... wait for it... there is a corpse in the kitchen. To add to his confusion, he is joined by two rain-soaked backpackers - "Jean" (Patricia Laffan) and "Marian" (Maya Koumani). When they discover his secret they try to skedaddle only to be prevented from doing so by their befuddled host. What now ensues is really a rather daft murder mystery that involves him and the now somewhat miraculously convinced "Jean" returning to London where they try to get to the bottom of this increasingly far-fetched conundrum. It is pretty obvious - once we are back in civilisation and amongst a cast that includes the usually reliable Bruce Seton and the plummy, easy on the eye, James Kenney - who is behind the crime, even though the motive remains curiously elusive right until the last few scenes. It's not the worst, it's clearly just a job of work for all concerned with an unremarkable script and some equally forgettable performances that passes an hour or so, but not in any way remotely memorable.

Geronimo196718 Apr, 2023