Three Cases of Murder

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Play Time: 99 mins
Mystery, Horror
Three Cases of Murder

Overview:
An atmospheric British omnibus film presenting three tales of murder and the supernatural. In “In the Picture,” a museum attendant is drawn into the eerie world within a painting. In “You Killed Elizabeth,” two lifelong friends become suspects when the woman they both love is murdered. In “Lord Mountdrago,” a disgraced politician seeks revenge on a powerful statesman by exploiting his dreams. Linked by a recurring figure, the film blends psychological horror, mystery, and fantasy across its three interconnected stories.

Status: Released (1955-03-15)
Screen:W. Somerset Maugham, Brett Halliday, Roderick Wilkinson
Productions: British Lion Film Corporation, Wessex Film Productions, London Films Productions
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
Three Cases of Murder
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John Chard

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Shepperton’s Tricksy Trio. Eamonn Andrews is the link man for two tales of supernatural suspense and one murder mystery. In the first segment, titled In The Picture, an art gallery guide is lured into a macabre house painting by the artist and finds himself at the mercy of the ....

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CinemaSerf

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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 ....

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