Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueWhen a beautiful girl is murdered, Inspector Birkett finds that she had some famous friends who don't want publicity.When a beautiful girl is murdered, Inspector Birkett finds that she had some famous friends who don't want publicity.When a beautiful girl is murdered, Inspector Birkett finds that she had some famous friends who don't want publicity.
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A slow and fairly ordinary murder mystery story saved only by the appearance and great acting of Jeremy Brett who later in his career most excellently portrayed, Sherlock Holmes.
This film has recently surfaced on Movies4Men.It is the sort of police drama that would be the support to some big American film at the Odeon or ABC.Ian hendry who stars in this ,should really have become a big star,but his career spiraled downward in the seventies mainly due to his drinking which eventually killed him at a very early age.I in fact saw him in a sorry state in a pub in Golders Green Road.The film is really a bit of a mess.There are too many suspects with lots of red herrings.the murderer is rather unlikely with no clues given as to the killers identity.The detectives always just get home when the phone rings and they have to go out again.You just wonder at the great overtime bills they must be clocking up.They literally plod around crime scenes picking up items willy nilly in a way that could easily wipe any prints.Clearly no SOCO at that time.Ronald Fraser plays the slightly comic detective.However i have to say that all this film induced in me was sleep.
To be honest it would have been pretty awful if it hadn't been for Ian Hendry and Ronald Frasier as the detective and sergeant. A formula we got used to during the 1990s, but it wasn't new. No Hiding Place had the same sort of format.
A young Jane Asher was completely OTT as the daughter and Jeremy Brett showed glimpses of better things to come.
The crime was all a bit implausible and I didn't really know who was doing what and why at the end.
What was the business with the oars? We were never shown the reason why they were important.
It is based on the 1961 novel The Nose on my Face by actor Laurence Payne.
'Britmovie' called the film a "cleverly plotted thriller directed by ex-Ealing editor/producer Michael Truman... Hendry's committed performance and Fraser's underplayed support dominate the film as the two policemen on the case.
A young Jane Asher was completely OTT as the daughter and Jeremy Brett showed glimpses of better things to come.
The crime was all a bit implausible and I didn't really know who was doing what and why at the end.
What was the business with the oars? We were never shown the reason why they were important.
It is based on the 1961 novel The Nose on my Face by actor Laurence Payne.
'Britmovie' called the film a "cleverly plotted thriller directed by ex-Ealing editor/producer Michael Truman... Hendry's committed performance and Fraser's underplayed support dominate the film as the two policemen on the case.
And no Christie either.Hence a rather unexciting detective story which blends Agatha's whodunit with film noir elements.A bevy of characters is overkill in lieu of a well-constructed mystery.The performances are a bit listless and the director tries a hand at humor with one of his inspectors'cold.Attshoo!
The most interesting in this movie is the settings,chiefly in the second half.One of them seems to be a gay bar,but the word (it's 1963)is not uttered;Some scenes are filmed on location on the Thames banks; a chase in a graveyard is rather good.
Nevertheless,it will satisfy neither Christie's countless following (the plot is too poor) nor the film noir buffs (too watered-down and not enough ambiguity).Stick with Hercule,Jane,and co.
The most interesting in this movie is the settings,chiefly in the second half.One of them seems to be a gay bar,but the word (it's 1963)is not uttered;Some scenes are filmed on location on the Thames banks; a chase in a graveyard is rather good.
Nevertheless,it will satisfy neither Christie's countless following (the plot is too poor) nor the film noir buffs (too watered-down and not enough ambiguity).Stick with Hercule,Jane,and co.
I think the criticisms of this film are a bit strong. We have to remember that 45 years have elapsed since it was made and our tastes have become more sophisticated with the diet of increasingly slick and clever movies and TV series that we now enjoy. I think Hendry plays the detective role well - sort of laid back and not falling into the cliché characterisations of the time. He is a Jaguar driving opera loving detective (now which more modern detective series does that remind you of?). I had not seen this film before watching it the other day on Movies4Men (UK) and enjoyed it for what it was - a fairly entertaining movie from the early 60's.
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- AnecdotesIn this movie about who killed Ursula Gray, the real mystery is... WHO played Ursula Gray as she's not credited here or anywhere.
- GaffesWhen Birkett & Saunders are driving to Rotherhithe to visit Jordan Barker, Birkett is driving. But when they park, Birkett gets out of the passenger side & Saunders gets out of the drivers side.
- Citations
PC Jackson: [outside looking for clues] We found this... ..
Inspector Birkett: What is it ?
PC Jackson: One of those new ball point pens.
[passing it to Birkett]
Inspector Birkett: Not many of these around, we'll see if we can get prints off it.
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- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
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- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- L'étrange mort de Miss Gray
- Lieux de tournage
- River Thames, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(river and docks)
- Sociétés de production
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- Durée1 heure 34 minutes
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- Rapport de forme
- 1.66 : 1
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