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A Lady Mislaid
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Wikipedia article
'A Lady Mislaid' is a 1958 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Phyllis Calvert, Alan White and Thorley Walters. It is based on a 1948 play of the same name by Kenneth Horne.
Plot
Esther, (Phyllis Calvert), and her sister Jennifer, (Gillian Owen), are spinsters. Esther has bought a remote country cottage, and has invited her novelist sister to stay for recuperation.
Esther hasn't told Jennifer that a policeman, (Alan White), had called, earlier, had explained that the police wanted to search the house and gardens for the body of the former owner's wife, and that she'd agreed. When a human skeleton is unearthed in the chicken coup, the finger of suspicion points firmly at the previous occupant, Mr. Smith (Thorley Walters).
Cast
*Phyllis Calvert as Esther Williams
*Alan White as Det. Sgt. Bullock
*Thorley Walters as Smith
*Gillian Owen as Jennifer
*Richard Leech as George
*Constance Fraser as Mrs. Small
*Sheila Shand Gibbs as Betty
Critical reception
The 'Radio Times' gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote, "A quaint idea and a decent cast make perfectly respectable entertainment out of an hour-long British programmer, but there's not much more to be said for it."
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