Hidden Homicide
{{Short description|1959 British film by Anthony Young}}
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{{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
- Griffith Jones as Michael Cornforth
- Patricia Laffan as Jean Gilson
- James Kenney as Oswald Castellan
- Bruce Seton as Bill Dodd
- Peter Carver as Wally Gizzard
- Danny Green as Cliff Darby
- Charles Farrell as Mungo Peddy
- John Moore as the stranger
- Richard Shaw as Wright
- Robert Raglan as Ashbury
- Maya Koumani as Marian Savage
- David Chivers as the chemist
- Norman Wynne as the innkeeper
- Frank Hawkins as Ben Leacock
- Jan Wilson as porter
- Joe Wadham as Marshall
- John Watson as policeman
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}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0051718|Hidden Homicide}}
Category:British mystery films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:Films scored by William Trytel
Category:English-language mystery films
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