The Malpas Mystery
The Malpas Mystery | |
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Directed by | Sidney Hayers |
Written by | Paul Tabori Gordon Wellesley |
Based on | novel The Face in the Night by Edgar Wallace |
Produced by | Julian Wintle Leslie Parkyn |
Starring | Maureen Swanson Allan Cuthbertson Geoffrey Keen |
Cinematography | Michael Reed |
Edited by | Tristam Cones |
Music by | Elisabeth Lutyens |
Production companies | Independent Artists Langton Productions |
Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Malpas Mystery is a 1960 British B movie crime film, directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Maureen Swanson and Allan Cuthbertson.[1]
Although originally made by Independent Artists at Beaconsfield studios, it was included in the Merton Park series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries.[2][3] It went on general release on the ABC Cinemas circuit on 17 September 1961 supporting Raising the Wind (1961).
Plot[edit]
When Audrey Bedford is released from prison, she finds herself embroiled with mysterious doctors, missing heirs, diamonds and murder.
Cast[edit]
- Maureen Swanson as Audrey Bedford
- Allan Cuthbertson as Lacey Marshalt
- Geoffrey Keen as Torrington
- Ronald Howard as Dick Shannon
- Sandra Dorne as Dora Elton
- Alan Tilvern as Gordon Seager
- Leslie French as Witkins
- Catherine Feller as Jinette
- Richard Shaw as Kornfeldt
- Sheila Allen as Frau Kornfeldt
- Edward Cast as Laker
Critical reception[edit]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "As intriguing as most films featuring an apparently maimed, shaggy and faceless recluse holed up in a derelict house, The Malpas Mystery grips because a sparkling pace manages to conceal most of its narrative shortcomings. Slightly above the average of Merton Park’s recent Edgar Wallace adaptations, it is competently made [and] maintains its air of mystery."[4]
Kine Weekly wrote: "Intriguing mystery melodrama. ... The plot is a tangled skein, but the cast and drirector quickly unravel it in circumstances that furnish all round lively entertainment."[5]
Variety said: "Very complicated plot, involving jewel thieves and the reunion of a father with a long-lost daughter can be followed if attention is paid. Maureen Swanson makes an appealing heroine, her vulnerability adding to the suspense."[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Malpas Mystery". British Film Institute Collection Seach. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "The Edgar Wallace Mysteries Volume 1". www.dvdbeaver.com.
- ^ "The Malpas Mystery (1961)". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018.
- ^ "Breakout". Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324): 23. 1 January 1961.
- ^ "The Malpas Mystery". Kine Weekly. 523 (2778): 10. 29 December 1960.
- ^ "The Malpas Mystery". Variety. 255 (1): 6. 31 December 1962.
External links[edit]
- The Malpas Mystery at IMDb
- The Malpas Mystery at BFI
- The Malpas Mystery at Letterbox
- The Malpas Mystery at Spinning Image
- The Malpas Mystery at ReelStreets