Town on Trial (1957)
Genre: Mystery
Duration: 95 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: John Guillermin
Stars: Charles Coburn, John Mills and Barbara Bates
IMDb score:
6,5 (1.054)
Releasedate: 1 August 1957
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Town on Trial plot
"The Secrets and Scandals of a Whole Town Shocked Into the Open...As the Nylon-Stocking Killer Runs Amok!"
When a beautiful young woman is murdered, several members of a local tennis club become suspicious. Police Inspector Halloran tries to find out who committed the murder.
Actors and actresses
Supt. Mike Halloran
Dr. John Fenner
Elizabeth Fenner
Mark Roper
Peter Crowley (as Alec Mc Cowen)
Mrs. Crowley
Charles Dixon
Helen Dixon
Police Sgt. Rogers
Police Sgt. Beale
Reviews & comments
Roger Thornhill
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- 2558 votes
Not really all that special, except that I would expect a plot like this to be set in a sweltering redneck American hamlet rather than a mid-sized English town, and with an inspector looking for a suspect you basically have the stuff of thousands of episodes of TV series, but it remains entertaining thanks to the excellent acting of John Mills and the presence of a couple of strong, unpleasant suspects. The punch line when the murderer is revealed is a bit disappointing, and the trick of the height of the church at the end is not very convincing, but this director would make up for that 17 years later with a slightly higher building in The towering inferno.
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