Overview:
Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. Is their friendship strong enough for them to alibi each other? When a young politician is hurt by the arrogant Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lord Mountdrago, he uses Mountdrago's dreams to get revenge.| Status: | Released (1955-03-15) |
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| 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 |
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Casts
- 40: Orson Welles - Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
- 90624: John Gregson - Edgar Curtain ("You Killed Elizabeth" segment)
- 115780: Elizabeth Sellars - Elizabeth ("You Killed Elizabeth" segment)
- 133244: Emrys Jones - George Wheeler ("You Killed Elizabeth" segment)
- 39065: Alan Badel - Owen (segment "Lord Mountdrago") / Mr. X (segment "In the Picture") / Harry (segment "You Killed Elizabeth")
- 10029: André Morell - Dr. Audlin ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
- 133245: Hugh Pryse - Jarvis ("The Picture" segment)
Crews
- 133235: David Eady - Director - Directing
- 126126: George More O'Ferrall - Director - Directing
- 133236: Wendy Toye - Director - Directing
- 14876: Sidney Carroll - Writer - Writing
- 133237: Ian Dalrymple - Writer - Writing
- 133238: Brett Halliday - Story - Writing
- 27916: W. Somerset Maugham - Story - Writing
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
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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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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