Английская Википедия:Blood Orange (1953 film)

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Blood Orange is a 1953 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Tom Conway and Mila Parély. It was released in the United States as Three Stops to Murder. A private eye investigating a jewel robbery at a London fashion house finds himself involved in a murder mystery.

Plot

In a London fashion house,"Blood orange" is the name of new dress designed by Helen Pascall. A model and a rich client are found murdered, each wearing the new dress. Private Eye Tom Conway suspects a link between the murders and the jewel robberies he is investigating.

Cast

• Tom Conway as Tom Conway
• Mila Parély as Helen Pascall
• Naomi Chance as Gina
• Eric Pohlmann as Mr Mercedes
• Andrew Osborn as Captain Colin Simpson
• Richard Wattis as Detective Inspector MacLeod
• Margaret Halstan as Lady Marchant
• Eileen Way as Mme Fernande
• Michael Ripper as Eddie
• Betty Cooper as Miss Betty
• Thomas Heathcote as Detective Sergeant Jessup
• Alan Rolfe as Inspector
• Roger Delgado as Marlowe
• Reed De Rouen as Heath
• Delphi Lawrence as Chelsea
• Ann Hanslip as Jane
• Cab Kaye, singing "Don't Talk About Me Baby"

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin said "This thriller sets its involved story in the world of the couturiers, with back-biting models, a jealous manageress, and a heroine who attempts to achieve her ambitions through murder. The film tries, not very successfully, to be crisp and smart in style; the mystery, however, is fairly well sustained."

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Thriller is smartly styled but low-cut in excitement."

Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film called the film "competent but conventional mystery."

Sky Movies gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote: "This one is smartly styled but shorter than a mini-skirt when it comes to thrills."

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• Шаблон:IMDb title