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directed by J. Lee Thompson
UK 1950
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Slick noirish thriller
atmospherically directed by J. Lee Thompson and
adapted from his successful West End play “Double
Error”. As one would
expect the story is fairly stagebound with much of
the action confined
to the flat of Derek Farr, echoes of Hitchcock’s
“Rope”, and despite
an annoying pseudo-American narrator and a plot
which stretches the
bounds of credibility, the psychological duel
between guilt-ridden
tenant and duplicitous landlord makes this
modestly-budgeted film
eminently watchable. |
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Theatrical Release: October 1950 (UK)
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DVD Review: Network - Region 2 - PAL
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| Runtime | 1:13:12 | |
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| Audio | Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 | |
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Murder Without Crime is a charming British thriller with ironic twists and turns worthy of the best episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents series. Dennis Price and Derek Farr turn in excellent performances in the duel of wits with support by brunette Patricia Plunkett and blonde Joan Dowling. The film was a feature debut of J. Lee Thompson (The Guns of Navarone, the original Cape Fear) that he based on his own play Double Error. It was filmed in 1937 as The Price of Folly. The theatrical origin of the story provides a bit of claustrophobia bound to only 2-3 locations, but adds noir atmosphere to the film.
In region 1, Murder Without Crime was available on unauthorized DVD from Televista that is now out-of-print. Network's region 2 release is authorized and is sourced from StudioCanal restoration. The credit sequence is soft and weak, but the image stabilizes as the film proper begins, with very little damage on the print, good contrast and solid blacks. The mono audio is decent, with no damage. There are no extras, not even a trailer or a photo gallery. This is another good presentation of a British noir released by Network in their "The British Film" line. |
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