The Third Alibi
1961 | 68m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Montgomery Tully |
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| Writer: | Montgomery Tully, Maurice J. Wilson |
| Staring: |
| A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 15, 1961 |
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| Director: | Montgomery Tully |
| Writer: | Montgomery Tully, Maurice J. Wilson |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | composer, love affair, wife murder |
| Production Companies | Eternal Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Laurence Payne | Norman Martell |
| Patricia Dainton | Helen Martell |
| Jane Griffiths | Peggy Hill |
| Edward Underdown | Dr. Peter Murdoch |
| John Arnatt | Supt. Ross |
| Humphrey Lestocq | Simmons, the Producer |
| Lucy Griffiths | Miss Potter |
| Olive Milbourne | Mrs. Booth |
| Arthur Hewlett | Marshall |
| Annette Kerr | Cinema cashier |
| Cleo Laine | Cleo |
| Dudley Moore | Rehearsal Pianist (Uncredited) |
| Sylvia Davis | Cinema sales girl (uncredited) |
| Max Faulkner | Det. Sgt. Fred Smith (uncredited) |
| Garard Green | Patrol car policeman (uncredited) |
| Arthur Howell | P.C. Williams (uncredited) |
| Aileen Lewis | Sheila (Party Guest) (uncredited) |
| Richard Neller | Sleeping Man in Theater (uncredited) |
| Pat Ryan | Detective Examining Tape-Recorder (uncredited) |
| Stuart Saunders | Cinema manager (uncredited) |
| Arthur Skinner | Det. Sgt. Carter (uncredited) |
| John Tatham | Detective / Fingerprints Officer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Hilda Fox | Hairdresser |
| Montgomery Tully | Screenplay, Director |
| Maurice J. Wilson | Screenplay |
| Pip Baker | Theatre Play |
| Jane Baker | Theatre Play |
| Jim Connock | Editor |
| John Shinerock | Camera Operator |
| Don Banks | Original Music Composer |
| Walter J. Harvey | Director of Photography |
| William Hutchinson | Art Direction |
| Richard Mills | Makeup Artist |
| Pat Marsden | Production Manager |
| David Tringham | First Assistant Director |
| Dick Smith | Sound Recordist |
| Philip Martell | Music Director |
| Estelle Stewart | Continuity |
| Evelyn Gibbs | Wardrobe Master |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Maurice J. Wilson | Producer |
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Geronimo1967
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This is quite an intriguing murder mystery about a vain composer ("Norman") who has an affair with his sister-in-law ("Peggy"). When she becomes pregnant his wife ("Helen") refuses to divorce him so he and his mistress set about devising a cunning plan to be rid of her. It's quite a simple story, bu ... t told with plenty of twists and turns that keep the whole pot boiling nicely. Patricia Dainton is superb as the wife and John Arnatt as the slightly Priestley-esque "Superintendent Ross".
Mar 28, 2022