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I Killed the Count (film)
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Wikipedia article
'I Killed the Count' is a 1939 British mystery film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Ben Lyon, Syd Walker, Terence de Marney.Wood p.100 It was shot at Highbury Studios.
Synopsis
Cockney comedian Syd Walker plays it more or less straight as Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Davidson, at present trying to determine who murdered the much-hated Count Mattoni (Leslie Perrins). The dilemma isn't that the Detective is suffering from a lack of witnesses. In fact, four different people come forth to confess to the killing each of them with plenty of motive and opportunity.
Cast
* Ben Lyon as Bernard Froy
* Syd Walker as Detective Inspector Davidson
* Terence De Marney as Detective Sergeant Raines
* Barbara Blair as Rene la Lune
* Athole Stewart as Lord Sorrington
* Antoinette Cellier as Louise Rogers
* Leslie Perrins as Count Mattoni
* David Burns as Diamond
* Ronald Shiner as Mullet
* Aubrey Mallalieu as Johnson
* Kathleen Harrison as Polly
* Gus McNaughton as Martin
References
Bibliography
*Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
*Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 19271939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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