Hidden Homicide

{{Short description|1959 British film by Anthony Young}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Hidden Homicide

| image = Hidden Homicide poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Tony Young

| screenplay = Bill Luckwell
Anthony Young

| based_on = {{based on|Death at Shinglestrand|Paul Capon}}

| producer = Bill Luckwell
Derek Winn

| starring = Griffith Jones
Patricia Laffan
James Kenney
Bruce Seton
Peter Carver
Danny Green

| cinematography = Ernest Palmer

| editing = John Ferris

| music = William Trytel

| studio = Bill and Michael Luckwell Films

| distributor = Rank Film Distributors
Republic Pictures (US)

| released = {{Film date|1959|2|25|df=y}}

| runtime = 71 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Hidden Homicide is a 1959 British 'B'{{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=130}} mystery film directed by Tony Young and starring Griffith Jones, Patricia Laffan, James Kenney, Bruce Seton, Peter Carver and Danny Green.{{Cite web |title=Hidden Homicide |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150064200 |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} It was written by Bill Luckwell and Young, based on the 1951 novel Death at Shinglestrand by Paul Capon. It was released on 25 February 1959 by Rank Film Distributors.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bf9146d |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320110920/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bf9146d |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 March 2018 |title=Hidden Homicide (1959) |publisher=BFI |date= |accessdate=2018-03-19}}{{cite web|author=Sandra Brennan |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/hidden-homicide-v95096 |title=Hidden Homicide (1959) - Tony Young |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2018-03-19}}

Plot

Writer Michael Cornforth wakes up in a strange house in the countryside – fully clothed and holding a gun. On investigating, he discovers his cousin's dead body in the kitchen, and soon finds himself accused of murder.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "After an intriguing start, this romantic 'whodunnit' collapses under clumsy development, involving a strained exercise in female impersonation from James Kenney and a particularly far-fetched dénouement."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1959 |title=Hidden Homicide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305824451/F908E6B16E134C70PQ/1 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=26 |issue=300 |pages=33 |via=ProQuest}}

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