In a sleepy village, a young composer is found shot dead and a woman is found gassed.In a sleepy village, a young composer is found shot dead and a woman is found gassed.In a sleepy village, a young composer is found shot dead and a woman is found gassed.
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Henri Vidon
- Vicar
- (as Henry Vidon)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaAt 51m 50s - the word "pixelated", but this is a word that was coined long after this film was made - when computer screens came along having "pixels", a contraction of picture elements. Actually, they say "pixilated", meaning behaving in a pixie-like manner, whimsical, mildly insane, bewildered.
- GoofsAgnes claims she saw someone walking on the road, and the other characters claim the road was not visible from her window - while the camera shows the road from her window just beyond her front gate.
- Quotes
[Last lines]
Hotel Clerk: Will you be coning back again Mr Madison ?
John Madison: [Looks across to Vicky and smiles] Oh I'll be visiting again quite soon I think.
[They turn and leave]
Hotel Clerk: [Says to himself] Well, things certainly move quickly when there's a stranger in town.
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well-done British murder mystery with Alex Nicol
An eccentric, anti-social American composer/pianist living in a small British town commits suicide...or does he? An American reporter on holiday in the UK who is from the composer's hometown agrees to bring some of his personal things back to the family in the US and to meet some of the composer's friends while in England. As he asks around, something doesn't seem right, and the mystery begins. The British have always been able to make excellent low-budget murder mysteries, and this one is yet another little-known gem. The supporting cast were unfamiliar to me, but all were convincing as the small-town folks who had some kind of dealings with the late composer. Alex Nicol, who did a lot of acting work in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, is a somewhat laid-back leading man, but that fits well here (actually, his performance reminds me a bit of John Agar). The resolution is somewhat unexpected but all the clues were there in hindsight, and I plan to watch the film a second time soon to see how the mystery is constructed and the clues are placed. If you like "B" murder mysteries, especially British ones, check this out.
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- Oct 28, 2003
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Stranger in Town
- Filming locations
- Ye Olde Greene Manne pub, London Road, Batchworth Heath, Hertfordshire, England, UK(John talks to Mrs Woodham as she gets off the bus)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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