Murder Anonymous

Murder Anonymous
Directed by	Ken Hughes
Screenplay by	James Eastwood Roy H. Lewis
Produced by	Alec C. Snowden
Starring	Edgar Lustgarten Peter Arne Jill Bennett
Narrated by	Edgar Lustgarten
Production company	Merton Park Studios
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated (UK)
Release date	November 1955 (UK)
Running time	31 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Murder Anonymous is a 1955 British crime short film directed by Ken Hughes and featuring Edgar Lustgarten, Peter Arne and Jill Bennett. It features an early appearance by Arthur Lowe, later to play Captain Manwairing in Dad's Army, who plays a fingerprint expert.

It was made by Anglo-Amalgamated as support for feature film screenings in cinemas as part of the Scotland Yard film series.

Plot

The death of a playboy points the finger of suspicion at Bowman (Arthur Lovegrove), in whose divorce suit the dead man had been named.

Cast

• Edgar Lustgarten as Host
• Peter Arne as Douglas Sheldon
• Jill Bennett as Mrs. Sheldon
• Ewen Solon as Inspector Conway
• Brian O'Higgins as Detective Sergeant
• Louise Gainsborough as Mrs. Langster
• Arthur Lovegrove as Bowman
• Bettina Dickson as Mrs. Bowman
• John Penrose as Langster
• Vanda Godsell as Hotel Guest
• Dervis Ward as Detective Sergeant
• Alastair Hunter as Harry
• Philip Ray as Police Doctor
• Doug Robinson as Mr. Robinson
• Frank Hawkins as Police Sergeant
• Arthur Lowe as Fingerprint Expert
• Joy Webster as Judo Girl
• John Dunbar as Doctor
• Travers Humphreys as Himself

Critical reception

Sky Movies noted "Another dip into the Merton Park Studios filing cabinet that housed their short Scotland Yard mysteries, hosted by mournful-faced criminologist Edgar Lustgarten. The director is Ken Hughes, who briskly illuminates the case in question and was later to go to on bigger - if not better - subjects, including The Trials of Oscar Wilde and Mae West's last picture, Sextette."

External links

• Murder Anonymous at IMDb