Murder Anonymous
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{{Infobox film
| name = Murder Anonymous
| image = Murder_Anonymous_(1955).jpg
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| director = Ken Hughes
| producer = Alec C. Snowden
| screenplay = James Eastwood
Roy H. Lewis
| starring = Edgar Lustgarten
Peter Arne
Jill Bennett
| music =
| narrator = Edgar Lustgarten
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| studio = Merton Park Studios
| distributor = Anglo-Amalgamated (UK)
| released = {{Film date|1955|11||UK}}
| runtime = 31 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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Murder Anonymous is a 1955 British crime short film directed by Ken Hughes and featuring Edgar Lustgarten, Peter Arne and Jill Bennett.{{Cite web |title=Murder Anonymous |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150044481 |access-date=30 December 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6beafd97|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230091216/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6beafd97|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2016|title=Murder Anonymous (1955)|publisher=}}
It was made by Anglo-Amalgamated as part of the Scotland Yard film series, as support for feature film screenings in cinemas .{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/mertonparkstudios/scotlandyard/14-murder-anonymous-1955|title=14: MURDER ANONYMOUS (1955) - MERTON PARK STUDIOS|publisher=}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/ken-hughes-forgotten-auteur/|title=Ken Hughes Forgotten Auteur|date=14 November 2020}}
Plot
The death of a playboy points the finger of suspicion at Bowman, in whose divorce suit the dead man had been named.
Cast
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- Edgar Lustgarten as host
- Peter Arne as Douglas Sheldon
- Jill Bennett as Mrs. Sheldon
- Ewen Solon as Inspector Conway
- Brian O'Higgins as Detective Sergeant
- Louise Gainsborough as Mrs. Langster
- Arthur Lovegrove as Bowman
- Bettina Dickson as Mrs. Bowman
- John Penrose as Langster
- Vanda Godsell as hotel guest
- Dervis Ward as Detective Sergeant
- Alastair Hunter as Harry
- Philip Ray as police doctor
- Doug Robinson as Mr. Robinson
- Frank Hawkins as police sergeant
- Arthur Lowe as fingerprint expert
- Joy Webster as judo girl
- John Dunbar as doctor
- Travers Humphreys as himself
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Critical reception
Kine Weekly wrote: "This taut mystery featurette, the latest of the highly popular real life Scotland Yard series, shows how the police unravelled a particularly tricky muider case, involving a blind man and a woman Judo expert. Edgar Lustgarten, the BBC authority, explains salient issues, and the Right Honourable Sir Travers Humphries, a former judge, gives his opinion on the finer points of law. Their contributions underline the thrills realistically presented, and put the seal on first-class crime reporting. Very good quota."{{Cite journal |date=17 November 1955 |title=Murder Anonymous |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2738580883 |journal=Kine Weekly |volume=464 |issue=2525 |pages=21 |url-access=subscription |via=ProQuest}}
Sky Movies noted "Another dip into the Merton Park Studios filing cabinet that housed their short Scotland Yard mysteries, hosted by mournful-faced criminologist Edgar Lustgarten. The director is Ken Hughes, who briskly illuminates the case in question and was later to go to on bigger - if not better – subjects, including The Trials of Oscar Wilde and Mae West's last picture, Sextette."{{cite web|url=http://www.sky.com/tv/movie/murder-anonymous-1955|title=Murder Anonymous|publisher=}}
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