Attempt to Kill
1961 film directed by Royston Morley
- Derek Farr
- Tony Wright
- Richard Pearson
- Freda Jackson
- Patricia Mort
Production
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Merton Park Studios
Release date
- 1961 (1961)
Running time
Attempt to Kill is a 1961 British film. It was a rare feature directed by Royston Morley, and based on a story by Edgar Wallace, The Lone House Mystery.[2][3] It was one of a series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries, British second-features, produced at Merton Park Studios in the 1960s.[1]
Premise
A businessman fires one of his employees, then someone tries to murder him. The fired man becomes the prime suspect.
Cast
- Derek Farr as Det. Insp. Minter
- Tony Wright as Gerry Hamilton
- Richard Pearson as Frank Weyman
- Freda Jackson as Mrs. Weyman
- Patricia Mort as Elisabeth Gray
- J.G. Devlin as Elliott
- Clifford Earl as Sgt. Bennett
- Denis Holmes as Fraser
- Allan Jeager as Gardener
- Grace Arnold as Housekeeper
- Trevor Reid as Bank Manager
- Frances Bennett as Barmaid
References
External links
- Attempt to Kill at BFI
- Attempt to Kill at Letterbox DVD
- Attempt to Kill at IMDb
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Films of Royston Morley
- Point of Return (1958)
- The Gladys Half-Hour (1958)
- Chance of a Ghost (1958)
- An Enemy of the People (1958)
- Sixty Point Bold (1959)
- The Seagull (1959)
- Hamlet (1959)
- Crime Passionel (1959)
- Attempt to Kill (1961)
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