Miss Tulip Stays the Night
| Miss Tulip Stays the Night | |
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| Directed by | Leslie Arliss |
| Written by | John O. Douglas Jack Hulbert Bill Luckwell |
| Produced by | John O. Douglas Bill Luckwell |
| Starring | Diana Dors Patrick Holt Jack Hulbert Cicely Courtneidge |
| Cinematography | Kenneth Talbot |
| Edited by | Sam Simmonds |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Adelphi Films Ltd. (UK) |
Release date | July 1955 (UK) |
Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Miss Tulip Stays the Night is a 1955 British comedy crime film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Diana Dors, Patrick Holt, Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge.[1] The screenplay concerns a crime writer and his wife who stay at a country house, where a mysterious corpse appears.
Plot
A novelist (Patrick Holt) and his wife (Diana Dors) are sleeping peacefully in their new cottage when a mysterious older lady (Cicely Courtneidge) arrives, apparently stranded in a storm. She hands the writer her gun and some jewellery for safe-keeping, and asks for a bed for the night. Unfortunately, someone shoots her during the night and the author is accused of the crime. He is forced to turn detective to defend himself.
Cast
- Diana Dors - Kate Dax
- Patrick Holt - Andrew Dax
- Jack Hulbert - Constable Feathers
- Cicely Courtneidge - Millicent Tulip/Angela Tulip
- A. E. Matthews - Mr Potts
- Joss Ambler - Inspector Thorne
- Pat Terry-Thomas [Ida Patlanski] - Judith Gale
- George Roderick - Sergeant Akers
- Brian Oulton - Dr. Willis
- Ian Wilson - Police photographer
- Archie Terry-Thomas - Archie Dax [dog]
Critical reception
TV Guide called the film "badly done on all counts";[2] whereas The Digital Fix wrote, "Miss Tulip manages to combine comedy and murder with efficient ease".[3]
References
- ^ "Miss Tulip Stays the Night". BFI.
- ^ "Miss Tulip Stays The Night". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "Miss Tulip Stays the Night / The Great Game". Film @ The Digital Fix.
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