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Directed by | Royston Morley |
Written by | Richard Harris |
Based on | The Lone House Mystery byEdgar Wallace |
Produced by | Jack Greenwood Jim O'Connolly |
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Cinematography | Bert Mason |
Edited by | Edward Jarvis |
Music by | Bernard Ebbinghouse |
Production | Merton Park Studios |
Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated |
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Running time | 54 minutes[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Attempt to Kill is a 1961 British second feature ('B')[2] film directed by Royston Morley and starring Derek Farr and Tony Wright.[3] The screenplay was by Richard Harris, based on the 1929 Edgar Wallace novel The Lone House Mystery.[4] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.[1]
A businessman fires one of his employees, then someone tries to murder him. The fired man becomes the prime suspect.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Derek Farr's resourceful performance as the Inspector, and the Thames setting, are the only assets in this unoriginal Edgar Wallace thriller."[5]
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