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Blood Orange (1953 film)

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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox film

| name = Blood Orange (1953 film)

| image = Blood Orange film poster.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Terence Fisher

| screenplay = Jan Read

| producer = Michael Carreras

| starring = Tom Conway
Mila Parly

| music = Ivor Slaney

| cinematography = Walter J. Harvey

| editing = Maurice Rootes

| studio = Hammer Film Productions

| distributor = Exclusive Films

| released =

| runtime = 76 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

'Blood Orange' is a 1953 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Tom Conway and Mila Parly. It was released in the United States as 'Three Stops to Murder'. A private eye investigating a jewel robbery at a London fashion house finds himself involved in a murder mystery. The film is one of a handful of thrillers that Fisher made for Hammer Film Productions before he directed many of their early horror films in the late 1950s.

Cast



* Tom Conway as Tom Conway

* Mila Parly as Helen Pascall

* Naomi Chance as Gina

* Eric Pohlmann as Mr Mercedes

* Andrew Osborn as Captain Colin Simpson

* Richard Wattis as Detective Inspector MacLeod

* Margaret Halstan as Lady Marchant

* Eileen Way as Mme Fernande

* Michael Ripper as Eddie

* Betty Cooper as Miss Betty

* Thomas Heathcote as Detective Sergeant Jessup

* Alan Rolfe as Inspector

* Roger Delgado as Marlowe

* Reed DeRoven as Heath

* Delphi Lawrence as Chelsea

* Ann Hanslip as Jane

Critical reception



Sky Movies gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote: "This one is smartly styled but shorter than a mini-skirt when it comes to thrills."

References




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