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Stranger in Town (1957 film)
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Wikipedia article
' Stranger in Town' is a 1957 British crime film directed by George Pollock and starring Alex Nicol and Anne Paige. Arthur Lowe makes a brief appearance in a minor role. It was made by Tempean Films at Alliance Film Studios.
Plot
An American composer, lodging in a quiet English village is found shot dead. A journalist, also from America probes the death on behalf of the pianists only relative in America. His trail leads to the local gossip who is later found gassed and debunks the official theory that it was suicide, finding that many people seem to have had reason to commit the crime, as he eventually discovers the truth.
Cast
* Alex Nicol as John Madison
* Anne Paige as Vicky Leigh
* Mary Laura Wood as Lorna Ryland
* Mona Washbourne as Agnes Smith
* Charles Lloyd-Pack as Captain Nash
* Bruce Beeby as William Ryland
* John Horsley as Inspector Powell
* Colin Tapley as Henry Ryland
* Betty Impey as Geraldine Nash
* Peggy Ann Clifford as Mrs Woodham
* Arthur Lowe as the Jeweller
* Willoughby Goddard as the publican
References
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