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El testigo fatal

Título original: The Fatal Witness
  • 1945
  • Approved
  • 59min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
6.0/10
187
TU CALIFICACIÓN
Evelyn Ankers and Richard Fraser in El testigo fatal (1945)
Film NoirWhodunnitDramaMysteryThriller

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaJohn Bedford fights with his aunt Lady Elizabeth Ferguson, who believes he stole her emerald brooch. Then she is murdered. Scotland Yard is on the case and thinks her nephew was behind it. B... Leer todoJohn Bedford fights with his aunt Lady Elizabeth Ferguson, who believes he stole her emerald brooch. Then she is murdered. Scotland Yard is on the case and thinks her nephew was behind it. But it turns out that John has an airtight alibi.John Bedford fights with his aunt Lady Elizabeth Ferguson, who believes he stole her emerald brooch. Then she is murdered. Scotland Yard is on the case and thinks her nephew was behind it. But it turns out that John has an airtight alibi.

  • Dirección
    • Lesley Selander
  • Guionistas
    • Jerry Sackheim
    • Cleve F. Adams
    • Rupert Croft-Cooke
  • Elenco
    • Evelyn Ankers
    • Richard Fraser
    • George Leigh
  • Ver la información de producción en IMDbPro
  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    6.0/10
    187
    TU CALIFICACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Lesley Selander
    • Guionistas
      • Jerry Sackheim
      • Cleve F. Adams
      • Rupert Croft-Cooke
    • Elenco
      • Evelyn Ankers
      • Richard Fraser
      • George Leigh
    • 11Opiniones de los usuarios
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    Evelyn Ankers
    Evelyn Ankers
    • Priscilla Ames
    Richard Fraser
    Richard Fraser
    • Inspector William 'Bill' Trent
    George Leigh
    • John Bedford
    Barbara Everest
    Barbara Everest
    • Lady Elizabeth Ferguson…
    Barry Bernard
    • Scoggins
    Frederick Worlock
    Frederick Worlock
    • Sir Humphrey Mong
    Virginia Farmer
    Virginia Farmer
    • Martha the Maid
    Colin Campbell
    Colin Campbell
    • Sir Malcolm Hewitt
    Crauford Kent
    Crauford Kent
    • Jepson the Butler
    Peggy Jackson
    • Gracie Hallet
    Elaine Lange
    • Tillie - Pub waitress
    Harry Cording
    Harry Cording
    • Gus - Pubkeeper
    Boyd Irwin
    • Randall the Tailor
    Norman Ainsley
    • Drunk
    • (sin créditos)
    Frank Baker
    Frank Baker
    • Police Sergeant
    • (sin créditos)
    Ted Billings
    • Pub Customer
    • (sin créditos)
    Bruce Carruthers
    • English Bobby
    • (sin créditos)
    Cyril Delevanti
    Cyril Delevanti
    • Second Coroner
    • (sin créditos)
    • Dirección
      • Lesley Selander
    • Guionistas
      • Jerry Sackheim
      • Cleve F. Adams
      • Rupert Croft-Cooke
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    Opiniones de usuarios11

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    Dethcharm

    Unexpected Dinner Guest...

    When Lady Ferguson is murdered, her nephew John (George Leigh) is Scotland Yard's prime suspect. In spite of his air-tight alibi. The Yard's Inspector Trent (Richard Fraser) keeps John in the frame due to his bad relationship with his Aunt. John's arrogant attitude doesn't help him much either!

    Enter Lady Ferguson's niece Priscilla Ames (Evelyn Ankers), who believes that John is innocent. Ms. Ankers plays Priscilla to be similar to her character in THE WOLFMAN. She's trusting and loyal.

    THE FATAL WITNESS is an above average mystery with murder, blackmail, and more murder! Leigh is perfect in his dark role, as is Fraser as the dogged copper on his trail.

    The finale is wholly unexpected and adds an air of spookiness to the proceedings...
    dougdoepke

    Listless

    Plot- A wealthy woman is murdered after she accuses her nephew of stealing a valuable emerald brooch.

    I'm not sure I saw the same movie as my colleagues. In my little book, only Evelyn Ankers supplies some spark for what is otherwise a listless hour. Despite several plot wrinkles, neither acting, nor mood is able to heighten these. Generally, the movie manages neither suspense nor atmosphere. Instead events unfold in pedestrian fashion, not helped by actor Fraser's utterly wooden police inspector. Then too, the careless script telegraphs sinister Leigh's guilt early on, despite his apparent alibi. Nor does inattention to vital detail help, as in the case of Scoggin's throttling before being thrown into the river. Even I know accidental drowning would never pass medical muster—death keeps water out of the lungs while finger marks would appear on the throat. I hate to be niggling but such inattention to important detail is plain sloppy on the screenwriter's part. Naturally not much is expected from Republic's drama department, especially when the mechanical Selander is directing and the studio's is branching out from its usual matinée oaters. Unfortunately, this flat-liner doesn't supply much encouragement.
    4boblipton

    A Pointless Script Can't Be Overcome

    Wealthy Barbara Everest is murdered, and Scotland Yard inspector Richard Fraser knows just who did it: Miss Everest's nephew and heir, rotter George Leigh. The problem is that Leigh was in a jail cell for being drunk when the murder took place.

    There's a decent cast, including Evelyn Ankers, but there's an amazing amount of talking around an unsolvable problem for the first 50 minutes of this movie, and the solution isn't reall solved; there's no offering of how he did it. Lesley Selander take a break from horse operas to direct this this one, and while competent as always, can't bring out anything of interest because I suspect, nothing is there.
    6CinemaSerf

    The Fatal Witness

    To be fair to director Lesley Selander, he packs quite a bit into this whodunit. We know that "Lady Elizabeth" (Barbara Everest) has lost her precious emerald brooch, and that she suspects her ne'er-do-well nephew "John" (George Leigh) of pinching it. He denies the accusation when he finds her searching his room with "Priscilla" (Evelyn Ankers) and storms out of the house. Next morning, the old bat is found dead and, naturally, "John" is prime suspect. Thing is though - he has an alibi, and it's the police who are providing it! He spent that very night face down in a cell recovering from too much Scotch. So, who did pinch the jewel and who murdered the old lady? That detection falls to Scotland Yard's finest "Trent" (Richard Fraser) who has to get to the bottom of things. It's not that simple to guess who did what to whom, but boy is there a lot of dialogue as the film progresses, taking us through quite a few unsavoury and devious characters - any one of whom might have done her in. The production is cheap and cheerful and the acting pretty static, but the story moves along well enough for an hour and though it's entirely forgettable, it's still not a bad watch.
    secondtake

    A mix of great moments and effects and some dull tricks...

    The Fatal Witness (1945)

    A Republic Pictures low budget flick, and it shows, even with the opening music which is a strain. However (and this is always the case with a B-movie that has survived the years and made it to Netflix), there are some interesting aspects here, and like most of them it is blessedly short.

    One of the nice things here is the standard hook--there's a murder afoot, and we are in on the guessing and analyzing as we go. The acting is decent, the filming straight forward if unexciting. It's a British affair unofficially (officially both the director is American and of course Republic is, too), and like many Brit films, it talks a lot (replacing action with chitcat). But it's not stupid, and you might enjoy poking along with it. It is set in London and Scotland Yard gets to work investigating the death of the old aunt with all her supposed wealth.

    The leading suspect is the nephew of the deceased, and he is a sparkle in this musty cast--George Leigh, who only did a handful of films and is a bit affected, but he adds life to the whole thing. As does the maid, and the leading lady, Evelyn Ankers, a Chilean born British actress with the standard convincing credentials (but without anything remarkable about her). Ankers is famous for her roles in many horror films, including the original "Wolf Man" a few years before.

    In all, the plot thickens and there is not only murder but blackmail, and London fog, and a decent policeman who is after the leading lady as much as the criminal. Unfortunately he seems to know things too easily. And there is an efficiency to the events that isn't quite dramatic or convincing enough. It is frankly a B-movie through and through. And it has a crazy twist of an ending, sort of worth it just for the trick of it.

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    • Trivia
      Fans of OTR (old time radio) will instantly recognize that the "supernatural twist" used at the end of the film was taken from one of the popular radio plays such as Suspense which were aired during the 1940s, 50s, and early 60s and which can be re-appreciated on YouTube and at various OTR, free download websites.
    • Citas

      John Bedford: No need to be flustered, my dear, you have as much right to be here as my darling Auntie.

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 16 de octubre de 1946 (México)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Sitio oficial
      • Streaming on "Scott Lord Mystery Film" YouTube Channel
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    • También se conoce como
      • The Fatal Witness
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos(Studio)
    • Productora
      • Republic Pictures
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      59 minutos
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.37 : 1

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