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Twenty Plus Two
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Wikipedia article
'Twenty Plus Two' (a.k.a. 'It Started in Tokyo') is a 1961 American mystery film directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, and Dina Merrill. The film adapted Frank Gruber's 1961 novel of the same title.
Plot
Janssen portrays Tom Alder, an investigator who specializes in locating lost heirs for families looking for them. Prompted by a Los Angeles police friend to poke his nose into the murder of a movie star's fan club secretary, he discovers a possible connection that police had missed: one to a missing heiress who had disappeared thirteen years earlier. Crain plays Linda Foster, an old love of Alder's who re-enters his life and pursues him, in spite of being engaged to a wealthy and influential man. She ends up competing with her friend Nicki Kovacs (Merrill) for Alder's attention. Agnes Moorehead and William Demarest appear in support roles, each for only one scene with Janssen.
Cast
*David Janssen as Tom Alder
*Jeanne Crain as Linda Foster
*Dina Merrill as Nicki Kovacs
*Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Eleanor Delaney
*Brad Dexter as Leroy Dane
*Robert Strauss as Jimmy Honsinger
*Jacques Aubuchon as Jacques Pleschette
*William Demarest as Desmond Slocum
*George N. Neise as Walter Collinson
*Fredd Wayne as Harris Toomey
*Carleton Young as Colonel
*Robert H. Harris as Stanley
*Billy Varga as Mark
Critical reception
Allmovie called it a "talkative but interesting murder mystery."
References
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