Attempt to Kill

Attempt to Kill
Theatrical poster
Directed byRoyston Morley
Written byRichard Harris
Based onThe Lone House Mystery
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
Jim O'Connolly
Starring
CinematographyBert Mason
Edited byEdward Jarvis
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
54 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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]

Plot

A businessman fires one of his employees, then someone tries to murder him. The fired man becomes the prime suspect.

Cast

Reception

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Attempt to Kill (1961)". Radio Times.
  2. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  3. ^ "Attempt to Kill". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Attempt to Kill (1961)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Attempt to Kill". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324): 141. 1 January 1961 – via ProQuest.


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