Murder at Site 3

1958 British film by Francis Searle

  • 1958 (1958)
Running time
67 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Murder at Site 3 (also known as Murder at Site Three) is a 1958 British film directed by Francis Searle and starring Barbara Shelley, Geoffrey Toone and John Warwick.[1][2] featuring the character of Sexton Blake.[3][4] It was written by Paddy Manning O'Brine based on the 1958 novel Crime is My Business by W. Howard Baker (as Peter Saxon) and produced by Hammer Film Productions.

Plot

Sexton Blake tracks down a gang who have stolen secrets from a rocket site.

Cast

  • Geoffrey Toone as Sexton Blake
  • Barbara Shelley as Susan
  • John Warwick as Commander Chambers
  • Richard Burrell as Tinker
  • Jill Melford as Paula Dane

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Blake, his secretary and his assistant Tinker are attractively characterised in a modest thriller suffering less from its many improbabilities than a meandering, over-deliberate and for the most part tedious narrative.:"[5]

References

  1. ^ "Murder at Site 3". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Murder at Site Three (1959)". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Murder at Site 3". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Murder at Site 3 - Hammer". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Murder at Site 3". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 124. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.

External links

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