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Respectable schoolmaster returns from work on the eve of a wedding anniversary holiday to find a strange man dead in their bathroom and his wife missing. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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refreshing and original British drama/suspense more (5 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Patricia Burke | ... | Edna Jones |
| Robert Dean | ... | Doctor |
| Ingrid Hafner | ... | Jean Barnes |
| Peter Halliday | ... | Harry Barnes |
| Joan Heath | ... | Mrs. Barnes |
| Arthur Hewlett | ... | Piano Tuner |
| Patrick Jordan | ... | Inspector Murray |
| Barbara Lott | ||
| Alan Rolfe | ... | Arthur Jones |
| William Sherwood |
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Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UKFAQ
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This film isn't really a thriller, but it is successful in being a suspense filled drama. This film is actually quite a gem. The plot and entire pretext for the film are simple but takes a twist at the end which I don't think anybody could predict. The final explanation for the dead body in the end is not complex, but it is extremely clever and not cliched like 99.9% of big Hollywood blockbusters. It was actually a very refreshing modern ending, which I was not expecting considering the film was made in the early 1960s, this helps push the film above simply being a low-budget British affair.
The whole thing is shot in a believable and completely intruiging way, yes this film is simple, but that is what makes it so brilliant. It works because it is believable -he is an ordinary man, who lives in an ordinary house, not some mansion in Beverly Hills. The film is fuelled by suspense over what the schoolmaster is going to do with the body, all the more so because his nosey neighbour cannot stop interferring.
I found this film very similar to "The Nanny" starring Bette Davis, they are very similar in that they simply tell a story, without enormous complications and huge Hollywood overcomplicating budgets getting in the way. Some people will probably not enjoy it for it's simplicity, because they are so used to big budget blockbusters, but if your willing to give this film a try you will find it is actually extremely enjoyable. If it was available on VHS I would probably buy it. 10 out of 10.