Murder at 3am
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Murder at 3am is a 1953 British
crime film
directed by Francis Searle
and starring Dennis Price
, Peggy Evans
and Philip Saville
. A Scotland Yard detective investigates a series of attacks on women.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Francis Searle
Francis Searle
Francis Searle was an English film director, writer and producer. He was active in the post Second World War cinema industry. Amongst the films he directed were The Lady Craved Excitement , One Way Out and It All Goes to Show .-References:...
and starring Dennis Price
Dennis Price
Dennis Price was an English actor, remembered for his suave screen roles, particularly Louis Mazzini in Kind Hearts and Coronets, and for his portrayal of the omniscient valet Jeeves in 1960s television adaptations of P. G...
, Peggy Evans
Peggy Evans
-Selected filmography:* School for Secrets * Penny and the Pownall Case * Look Before You Love * The Blue Lamp * Calling Bulldog Drummond -External links:...
and Philip Saville
Philip Saville
Philip Saville is a British television direction and screenwriting from the late 1950s...
. A Scotland Yard detective investigates a series of attacks on women.
Cast
- Dennis PriceDennis PriceDennis Price was an English actor, remembered for his suave screen roles, particularly Louis Mazzini in Kind Hearts and Coronets, and for his portrayal of the omniscient valet Jeeves in 1960s television adaptations of P. G...
... Inspector Peter Lawton - Peggy EvansPeggy Evans-Selected filmography:* School for Secrets * Penny and the Pownall Case * Look Before You Love * The Blue Lamp * Calling Bulldog Drummond -External links:...
... Joan Lawton - Philip SavillePhilip SavillePhilip Saville is a British television direction and screenwriting from the late 1950s...
... Edward / Jim King - Greta Mayaro ... Lena
- Rex Garner ... Sgt. Bill Todd
- Arnold BellArnold Bell-Selected filmography:* Josser in the Army * Strange Experiment * The Greed of William Hart * Murder at 3am * Rough Shoot * The Fake * Star of India * The Golden Link...
... McMann - Leonard Sharp ... Old Skip
- Nora GordonNora GordonNora Gordon was a British film and television actress.-Selected filmography:* Old Mother Riley's Circus * Danny Boy * Journey Ahead * Blackmailed...
... Nanna - Renee Goddard ... Lady Branstead
- Arthur Lovegrove ... Inspector Cobb
- Daphne Maddox ... Victim
- Robert Weeden ... Constable