Twenty Plus Two
Appearance
Twenty Plus Two (a.k.a. "It Started in Tokyo") is a 1961 American film noir directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, and Dina Merrill.[1] The film adapted Frank Gruber's 1961 novel of the same title.[2]
Plot
Janssen portrays Tom Alder, an investigator looking into the murder of a movie star's fan club secretary, and its possible connection to a missing heiress who had disappeared many years earlier. Crain plays Linda Foster, an old love of Alder's who re-enters his life, competing with her friend Nicki Kovacs (Merrill) as she tries to win him back. Agnes Moorehead and William Demarest appear in support roles, each for only one scene with Janssen.
Cast
- David Janssen as Tom Alder
- Jeanne Crain as Linda Foster
- Dina Merrill as Nicki Kovacs
- Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Eleanor Delaney
- Brad Dexter as Leroy Dane
- Robert Strauss as Jimmy Honsinger
- Jacques Aubuchon as Jacques Pleschette
- William Demarest as Desmond Slocum
- George N. Neise as Walter Collinson
- Fredd Wayne as Harris Toomey
- Carleton Young as Colonel
- Robert H. Harris as Stanley
- Billy Varga as Mark
Critical reception
Allmovie called it a "talkative but interesting murder mystery."[3]
References
- ^ "AFI-Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Twenty Plus Two (1962) - Joseph M. Newman, Joseph Newman - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
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