Candidate for Murder
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Candidate for Murder |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 61 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Villiers |
| script | Lukas Heller |
| production |
Jack Greenwood , Jim O'Connolly |
| music | Charles Blackwell |
| camera | Bert Mason |
| cut | Bernard Gribble |
| occupation | |
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Candidate for Murder (translated "candidate for a Murder") is a British thriller by David Villiers from the year 1962 . It was produced by the film company Merton Park Studios . The script was written by the screenwriter Lukas Heller and is based on the short story The Best Laid Plans of a Man in Love by Edgar Wallace . The film was part of the first half of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries , a series of 47 Edgar Wallace film adaptations made by Merton Park Studios between 1960 and 1965; it was never shown in Germany.
action
Donald Edwards assumes that his wife Helene is cheating on him. He instructs the German assassin Kersten to murder her. He collects the fee without killing the woman and is gunned down by Edwards. Helene escapes to a country house, where she is tracked down by her husband. The wounded Kersten saves her from her husband before he dies himself. She now lives with her lover, the lawyer Robert Vaughan, and moves to America with him.
Reviews
In their Das Edgar Wallace Lexikon from 2004, Joachim Kramp and Jürgen Wehnert cite a review of the film in the 1962 Monthly Film Bulletin . This describes him as one of "the better Edgar Wallace thrillers."
supporting documents
- ^ "Candidate for Murder." In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexikon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004; 75. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .
- ^ Review of the Monthly Film Bulletin from April 1962, quoted from "Candidate for Murder." In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: Das Edgar Wallace Lexikon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004; 75. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .
Web links
- Candidate for Murder in the Internet Movie Database (English)