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
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- (as Henry Vidon)
- Director
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Storyline
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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.
Featured review
A very ploddy, lifeless and dreary whodunit
Alex Nicol plays the American journalist who gets caught up in a tale of intrigue and murder while gathering up the private possessions of a former friend who allegedly had committed suicide. What seems to be a promising film, fails to deliver. Slow tempo, weak storyline and a conspicuous lack of tension and energy, quickly had me yawning. I was longing for some action, and some emotionally charged scenes but it was all in vain. The director offers no gripping moments of suspense or sudden or twists and turns - instead the audience are left with our American hero simply wandering through the village looking for clues but ends up meeting no more than a collection of unremarkable, staid and starchy, one dimensional village characters. The main reason why the storyline is so unconvincing is that everyone is too nice, polite and well mannered! None of the characters reveal any menace. I was longing for an angry Dan Duryea to show up and play the bad guy. He would have injected much needed energy and gritty cynicism into the film, but sadly we are left with Colin Tapley, playing the toff, who comes across as a merely bitter and sad character. As for the love interest of Alex Nicol, Anne Paige, sounds bored and detached from what's going on. Her character has no 'edginess' or 'attitude.' Indeed, after watching this film, instead of watching a crime drama, I felt I was watching middle class life village life in the 1950's. I would give this film a miss.
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- geoffm60295
- Nov 22, 2019
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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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