The Teckman Mystery

The Teckman Mystery
British theatrical poster
Directed by	Wendy Toye
Written by	Francis Durbridge James Matthews
Produced by	Josef Somlo
Starring	Margaret Leighton John Justin Roland Culver
Cinematography	Jack Hildyard
Edited by	Bert Rule
Music by	Clifton Parker
Production company	Corona Productions
Distributed by	British Lion Film Corporation (UK) Associated Artists Productions (US)
Release date	27 October 1954 (1954-10-27) (UK)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Teckman Mystery is a 1954 black and white British mystery film directed by Wendy Toye and starring Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Roland Culver and Michael Medwin.^[1]

Plot[]

A biographer researching a book on a pilot who died during the test flight of a new plane falls in love with the pilot's sister. As he uncovers more about the test flight, people connected with the case begin to die. The author naturally becomes nervous, until two Scotland Yard inspectors take on the case.

Cast[]

• Margaret Leighton - Helen Teckman
• John Justin - Philip Chance
• Roland Culver - Inspector Harris
• Michael Medwin - Martin Teckman
• George Coulouris - Garvin
• Duncan Lamont - Inspector Hilton
• Raymond Huntley - Maurice Miller
• Jane Wenham - Ruth Wade
• Meier Tzelniker - John Rice
• Harry Locke - Leonard
• Frances Rowe - Eileen Miller
• Barbara Murray - Girl on plane
• Irene Lister - Waitress
• Gwen Nelson - Duty woman

Critical reception[]

The New York Times wrote, "an obvious fly-by-night, with a pretty good cast headed by the gifted Margaret Leighton and John Justin, this Associated Artists release is a slow, contrived and exasperatingly arch puzzler that sets some sort of record for meandering banality".^[2] The Radio Times called the film a "passable thriller" with "more than a hint of The Third Man."^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• The Teckman Mystery at IMDb

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