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Strip Tease Murder
Original British lobby card
Directed byErnest Morris
Written byPaul Tabori
Produced byEdward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger
Ralph Ingram
StarringJohn Hewer
Ann Lynn
CinematographyPaddy Aherne
Edited byDerek Parsons
Music byBill LeSage
Production
company
Distributed byParamount British Pictures (UK)
Release date
March 1961 (UK)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Strip Tease Murder is a low budget 1961 British film thriller.[1][2][3]

Plot

Diana, a stripper, is electrocuted during a dance routine on stage at the Flamingo Club. Her husband, compere Bert Black, turns detective to investigate. He suspects Diana was murdered for a crime she didn't commit, but proving it to the satisfaction of Inspector Forbes is another matter.

Cast

  • Bert - John Hewer
  • Rita - Ann Lynn
  • Diana - Jean Muir
  • Angelin - Vanda Hudson
  • Branco - Kenneth J. Warren
  • Rocco - Carl Duering
  • Martin - Michael Peake
  • Lou - Leon Cortez
  • Perkel - Peter Elliot
  • Inspector Forbes - Trevor Reid
  • The Flamingo Dancers
    - Christine Child
    - Judy Collins
    - Janet Hall
    - Lita Howard
  • The Flamingo Showgirls
    - Mitzi Bardot
    - Vicki Grey
    - Margo Mitchell
    - Shari
  • Mechanic - Robert Mooney
  • Andy - Robert Crewdson
  • Mike - Michael Blake
  • Doctor - Walter Horsbrugh

Critical reception

Hal Erickson in Allmovie called it a "lurid British potboiler" ; [4] while in The Spinning Image, Graeme Clarke wrote, "Strip Tease Murder had a title which promised far more lurid thrills than the censorship of the day would have allowed them to deliver on, although as far as the nudity went it was still going further than most of its contemporaries. Yet you could see as much in such higher profile fare as Expresso Bongo, and probably be more entertained by a better standard of production to boot...now appearing whimsically old-fashioned, Strip Tease Murder was unlikely to find an enduring reception outside of vintage exploitation fans." [5]

References

  1. ^ Strip Tease Murder at BBFC
  2. ^ "DANZIGER FILMS". 78rpm.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Strip Tease Murder (1963)". BFI.
  4. ^ Hal Erickson. "Strip Tease Murder (1963) - Ernest Morris - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  5. ^ http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6319