Strip Tease Murder

Strip Tease Murder
Strip Tease Murder
	Original British lobby card
Directed by	Ernest Morris
Written by	Paul Tabori
Produced by	Edward J. Danziger; Harry Lee Danziger; Ralph Ingram;
Starring	John Hewer; Ann Lynn;
Cinematography	Paddy Aherne
Edited by	Derek Parsons
Music by	Bill LeSage
Production; company	Danziger Productions
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures (UK)
Release date	March 1961 (UK)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Strip Tease Murder is a low budget 1961 British film thriller directed by Ernest Morris and starring John Hewer and Ann Lynn.^[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[]

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

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]