Three Cases of Murder

Three Cases of Murder

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  • Genre: Mystery, Horror
  • Release Date: 1955-03-15
  • Runtime: 99 minutes
  • : 5.9
  • Production Company: British Lion Film Corporation
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
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5.9/10
5.9
From 26 Ratings

Description

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.

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  • CinemaSerf

    7
    By CinemaSerf
    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 a museum where he engages in conversation with an employee "Jarvis" (Hugh Pryse). He brings his new friend's attention to the fine detail of a painting which looks almost real. Of course it can't be - or can it? What lies behind that black wooden door and why might the candle in the window only seem to burn some of the time? The final instalment features a rather clever psychological drama with Orson Welles as the grandiose Foreign Secretary "Lord Mountdrago" who casually swats away a speech by Badel's opposing MP "Owen". It's all in a day's work for the former man's superior intellect, save that shortly after his victory he starts to have vivid dreams that feature his new nemesis and some increasingly disagreeable scenarios for himself. He seeks the assistance of the puzzled "Dr. Audlin" (André Morell) wary that he seems to be losing control! This latter one is the more substantial of the trilogy, but together they deliver quite an enjoyably interesting series of slightly eerie, oddly provocative, dramas that I found quite intriguing. Worth a watch.

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