Society for Miss Wright

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Movie
Original title Society for Miss Wright
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1970
length 75 minutes
Rod
Director Horst Flick
script Rex Frost
production Hans-Jürgen Bobermin for ZDF
camera Kurt Hasse
cut Eva Strohmer
occupation

Society for Miss Wright is a German television play ( crime film with comic elements) from 1970 by Horst Flick . Rex Frost wrote the script . The main roles are cast with Gudrun Genest , Fred Haltiner and Udo Vioff . The film had its premiere on December 4, 1970 in the program of the Second German Television ( ZDF ).

action

Bad company is better than no company at all: according to this motto, the elderly Miss Wright chains the multiple robbery murderer Alan Marlow, who broke out of the penitentiary and broke into her house, which is a little away from the traffic, to a solid brick pillar in the cellar vault caught him in the act and knocked him down. Because Miss Wright has been lonely since her mother, whom she had devotedly cared for for years, passed away. But because she by no means cultivated a harmonious coexistence with the patient, the ingratitude of the criminal means nothing new to her. An extreme situation that opens up many possibilities for the development of mental abnormalities. The fact that the catastrophe is approaching faster than expected is due to the pastoral efforts of the parish vicar Edward Partridge, who suspects dire moral failure when it becomes known that Miss Wright is suddenly buying all kinds of consumer goods intended for men. When asked about this, she realizes that she must either hand the prisoner over to the police or release him. Unfortunately, before handing over the chain key, she told him that she would give him a five-minute lead before alerting the police. Using a trick, the criminal takes possession of the pistol and shoots the fleeing Miss Wright down. Then of course he has to find out that the lady has given him the wrong key. The right one falls into the gully while trying to get it.

criticism

The evangelical film observer has a largely positive opinion : “Skilfully constructed crime game [...]. Although not all psychological tricks are convincing, the game is able to captivate through its emphasis on human inadequacies and, last but not least, through the interpretation of an excellent cast. Worth seeing for adults. ”On the crime website it says:“ An exciting and original - not knitted according to the usual pattern - crime film. British thrill with a wicked closing punch. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Source: Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 545/1970, p. 545
  2. ↑ http://krimiserien.heimat.eu/fernsehspiele/1970-gesellschaftfuermisswright.htm