Attempt to Kill

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Attempt to Kill
Attempt to Kill.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed byRoyston Morley
Written byRichard Harris
Based onThe Lone House Mystery
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
Jim O'Connolly
Starring
  • Derek Farr
  • Tony Wright
  • Richard Pearson
  • Freda Jackson
  • Patricia Mort
CinematographyBert Mason
Edited byEdward Jarvis
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
1961
Running time
54 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Attempt to Kill is a 1961 British film. It was a rare feature directed by Royston Morley, and based on a story by Edgar Wallace, The Lone House Mystery.[2][3] It was one of a series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries, British second-features, produced at Merton Park Studios in the 1960s.[1]

Premise[]

A businessman fires one of his employees, then someone tries to murder him. The fired man becomes the prime suspect.

Cast[]

  • Derek Farr as Det. Insp. Minter
  • Tony Wright as Gerry Hamilton
  • Richard Pearson as Frank Weyman
  • Freda Jackson as Mrs. Weyman
  • Patricia Mort as Elisabeth Gray
  • J.G. Devlin as Elliott
  • Clifford Earl as Sgt. Bennett
  • Denis Holmes as Fraser
  • Allan Jeager as Gardener
  • Grace Arnold as Housekeeper
  • Trevor Reid as Bank Manager
  • Frances Bennett as Barmaid

References[]

  1. ^ a b "The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Attempt to Kill (1961)". Radio Times.
  2. ^ ATTEMPT TO KILL Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 28, Iss. 324, (Jan 1, 1961): 141.
  3. ^ "Attempt to Kill (1961)". BFI.

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