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Eine Stadt steht vor Gericht

Originaltitel: Town on Trial
  • 1957
  • Approved
  • 1 Std. 36 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,5/10
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Eine Stadt steht vor Gericht (1957)
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KriminalitätMysteryThriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAt a local tennis club in a posh London suburb, an attractive but flirty young woman is murdered, prompting a Scotland Yard investigation.At a local tennis club in a posh London suburb, an attractive but flirty young woman is murdered, prompting a Scotland Yard investigation.At a local tennis club in a posh London suburb, an attractive but flirty young woman is murdered, prompting a Scotland Yard investigation.

  • Regie
    • John Guillermin
  • Drehbuch
    • Robert Westerby
    • Ken Hughes
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • John Mills
    • Charles Coburn
    • Barbara Bates
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    6,5/10
    998
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    • Regie
      • John Guillermin
    • Drehbuch
      • Robert Westerby
      • Ken Hughes
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • John Mills
      • Charles Coburn
      • Barbara Bates
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    John Mills
    John Mills
    • Supt. Mike Halloran
    Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn
    • Dr. John Fenner
    Barbara Bates
    Barbara Bates
    • Elizabeth Fenner
    Derek Farr
    Derek Farr
    • Mark Roper
    Alec McCowen
    Alec McCowen
    • Peter Crowley
    • (as Alec Mc Cowen)
    Fay Compton
    Fay Compton
    • Mrs. Crowley
    Geoffrey Keen
    Geoffrey Keen
    • Charles Dixon
    Margaretta Scott
    Margaretta Scott
    • Helen Dixon
    Meredith Edwards
    Meredith Edwards
    • Police Sgt. Rogers
    Harry Locke
    • Police Sgt. Beale
    Raymond Huntley
    Raymond Huntley
    • Dr. Reese
    Harry Fowler
    Harry Fowler
    • Leslie (Bandleader)
    Maureen Connell
    Maureen Connell
    • Mary Roper
    Magda Miller
    • Molly Stevens
    Newton Blick
    • Asst. Commissioner Beckett
    Oscar Quitak
    • David
    Totti Truman Taylor
    Totti Truman Taylor
    • Mrs. Gerrard
    • (as Trottie Truman Taylor)
    Grace Arnold
    Grace Arnold
    • Club Committee Woman
    • Regie
      • John Guillermin
    • Drehbuch
      • Robert Westerby
      • Ken Hughes
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    7blanche-2

    effective drama

    John Mills stars in "Town on Trial" from 1957, also starring Charles Coburn and Barbara Bates.

    A sexy, flirtatious blond is the talk of an exclusive tennis club, with all the men drooling. However, she's found dead, and it's learned that she was two months pregnant.

    The main suspect is Mark Roper (Derek Farr), a married man with whom she was having an affair and is apparently the child's father. Another is a young man (Alec McCowen) labeled schizophrenic by his doctor (Charles Coburn). The doctor himself later comes under scrutiny as well.

    Meanwhile, his attractive niece (Bates) is interested in Superintendent Mike Halloran (Mills), the detective assigned to the case. Later, there is another murder of a woman, another flirtatious young woman.

    The townspeople are no help, as they all seem to be keeping secrets.

    Good movie, with lots of familiar faces: Fay Compton, Geoffrey Keen, Raymond Huntley, and Elizabeth Seal. Mills does a terrific job as a tough detective who doesn't mind ruffling feathers.

    The ending is fantastic.
    8adrianovasconcelos

    Great whodunnit with canny detective work from Mills, superb photography and direction

    As pointed out by another reviewer, TOWN ON TRIAL opens with a murder confession. Which is pivotal to the film's eliptical structure.

    This film is one of Director John Guilhermin's finest achievements, perhaps topped only by RAPTURE (1965), well before epic duds like TOWERING INFERNO and KING KONG in the 1970s.

    At this stage in his career, Guilhermin showed an eye for detail, and TOWN opens with a very interesting and fluid camera movement as a police car parks outside a police station and an unidentified and facially unrevealed criminal gets out in cuffs. That seemingly minor detail pings off a series of other deft touches throughout, filmed with considerable verve and imagination by the highly competent if not terribly well known Basil Emott.

    I rate John Mills one of the most reliable actors I have had the pleasure to watch. I have never seen a poor performance from him, and I have seen many well above average, including RYAN'S DAUGHTER, OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR, HOBSON'S CHOICE, ABOVE US THE WAVES, THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, among others. Well, he is simply peerless in TOWN ON TRIAL. The way he conveys on the job knowledge, raises and lowers his voice, his eyes - which can be menacing or loving, depending on who he addresses (lovely Bates certainly gets the sensitive treatment). His acting in this film deserves careful study, such is the versatility.

    Beautiful Bates performs credibly as a nurse, conveying heartfelt interest in others... and love. I guess she portrays the type of woman any man would fall head over heels for.

    Charles Coburn, Alec McCowen, and Geoffrey Keen deliver first class support for the leads, and vivacious Elizabeth Seal almost steals the show with a small pouting and dancing part.

    Very strong script. A real treat of a noir/whodunnit film.
    7MOscarbradley

    Excellent whodunit.

    With its small town setting, use of a local 'roadhouse' and the casting of Charles Coburn and Barbara Bates it's fairly obvious the British-made crime melodrama "Town on Trial" had its eye on the American market, (even the title sounds more American than British). John Mills is the policeman investigating the murder of local good-time girl Molly, (Magda Miller), and the movie is told in flashback. All we know is that the killer is one of a group of men seen watching Molly bounce around on the tennis court in the opening sequence and director John Guillermin does a fine job of keeping us guessing as to which one it might be. All the performances, particularly Mills and Coburn, are excellent and as murder mysteries go this one is surprisingly intelligent and consistently enjoyable. One of Guillermin's better efforts.
    6roger-pettit1

    A competent, reasonably entertaining but ultimately unmemorable thriller

    "Town on Trial" is the kind of film that is simply not made these days. I imagine it is the sort of thing that formed part of the staple repertoire of B-movies that were shown in cinemas in the days when filmgoers were treated to an appetiser before the main feature was aired. Such films were usually unpretentious, workmanlike dramas that provided solid but unmemorable entertainment to get patrons in the mood for the (hopefully) more sophisticated fare that was to follow. "Town on Trial" is a good example of that kind of film.

    The plot concerns the investigation into the murder of a femme fatale in the commuter-belt town of Oakley Park in what I assume is meant to be southern England of the 1950s. The investigation is undertaken by Superintendent Halloran (John Mills), who becomes romantically involved with the niece of the town's GP. A further murder takes place before Superintendent Halloran solves the case.

    Any critical analysis of a film such as this is largely superfluous. "Town on Trial" knows exactly what it is doing - and delivers a solidly entertaining mystery that has the air of an early forerunner of an episode of the current British TV series "Midsomer Murders". The cast includes an impressive array of well-known British character actors of the time, such as Raymond Huntley, Derek Farr, Fay Compton, Harry Fowler, Geoffrey Keen, Margaretta Scott and the wonderfully-named Totti Truman Taylor. It is competently directed and scripted and, while it will not live long in the memory, provides 90 minutes or so of undemanding entertainment. 6/10.
    8planktonrules

    One of the strangest intros I can recall

    When "Town on Trial" begins, you hear the voice of the murderer before he commits the crime! You see him looking at pretty Molly at the country club...and you hear him saying how she has it coming because she's one of THOSE sort of girls! Well, Molly certainly was pretty and liked to show off her figure...and the sicko thought this meant he was entitled to kill her!!

    Police Superintendent Halloran (John Mills) is assigned to the case. And, unfortunately, it's not a quick and easy case to solve...and some of it is because the rich folks he questions sometimes have a strong sense of entitlement. In fact, the more he investigates, the more these folks put pressure on his superiors to take him off the case! What's to come of this?

    This is a very good film. Sure, the story is good but the reason I liked it was the very fine acting of Mills. He was a heck of a good actor and made even average material well above average. Well worth your time.

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      The map of Oakley Park shown at the beginning of the movie is in fact that of Banbury, Oxfordshire.
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      When Dr Fenner admits Roper into his consulting room, his mouth is visibly moving as he closes the door, but no dialogue accompanies him on the soundtrack.
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      Supt. Mike Halloran: I think we already know our man. Think we've met him and talked to him. And the only reason we can't put our finger on him is we don't know enough about him.

      Sgt. Beale: Could be...

      Supt. Mike Halloran: If only someone in this town would talk.

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      Referenced in The Dame Wore Tweed (2022)
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      Grip of the Law
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      Music by Trevor Duncan

      Josef Weinberger Music Ltd

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 23. September 1957 (Schweden)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Town on Trial
    • Drehorte
      • Weybridge, Surrey, England, Vereinigtes Königreich(Oakley Park locationwork)
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Marksman Productions Ltd.
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      • 1 Std. 36 Min.(96 min)
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