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) |
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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The Malpas Mystery is a 1960 British 'B' movie crime film, directed by Sidney Hayers.[1] Although originally made by Independent Artists at Beaconsfield studios, it was included in the Merton Park series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries.[2][3] When Audrey is released from prison, she finds herself embroiled with mysterious doctors, missing heirs, diamonds and murder.
Cast
- 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
Cinema release
The Malpas Mystery went on general release on the ABC Cinemas circuit from September 17th 1961 as supporting film for Raising the Wind. Both films featured prominent roles for Geoffrey Keen.
Critical reception
The Spinning Image called it "One of the best of the ‘Edgar Wallace’ series (if we accept it as one of the series), The Malpas Mystery is very impressively filmed for a cheap second feature and a step above the rather flat and boring items of the same period."[4]
References
- ^ MALPAS MYSTERY, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 28, Iss. 324, (Jan 1, 1961): 23.
- ^ "The Edgar Wallace Mysteries - Volume 1". www.dvdbeaver.com.
- ^ "The Malpas Mystery (1961)". BFI.
- ^ "Malpas Mystery, The Review (1960)". thespinningimage.co.uk.
External links
- The Malpas Mystery at IMDb
- The Malpas Mystery at BFI
- The Malpas Mystery at Letterbox
- Review at Spinning Image
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