Murder Anonymous

Murder Anonymous
Murder Anonymous
Directed by	Ken Hughes
Screenplay by	James Eastwood; Roy H. Lewis
Produced by	Alec C. Snowden
Starring	Edgar Lustgarten; Peter Arne; Jill Bennett
Narrated by	Edgar Lustgarten
Production; company	Merton Park Studios
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated (UK)
Release date	November 1955 (UK);
Running time	31 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Murder Anonymous is a 1955 British crime short film directed by Ken Hughes and featuring Edgar Lustgarten, Peter Arne and Jill Bennett.^[1]

It was made by Anglo-Amalgamated as support for feature film screenings in cinemas as part of the Scotland Yard film series.^[2]^[3]

Plot[edit]

The death of a playboy points the finger of suspicion at Bowman (Arthur Lovegrove), in whose divorce suit the dead man had been named.

Cast[edit]

Edgar Lustgarten as Host
Peter Arne as Douglas Sheldon
Jill Bennett as Mrs. Sheldon
Ewen Solon as Inspector Conway
Brian O'Higgins as Detective Sergeant
Louise Gainsborough as Mrs. Langster
Arthur Lovegrove as Bowman
Bettina Dickson as Mrs. Bowman
John Penrose as Langster
Vanda Godsell as Hotel Guest
Dervis Ward as Detective Sergeant
Alastair Hunter as Harry
Philip Ray as Police Doctor
Doug Robinson as Mr. Robinson
Frank Hawkins as Police Sergeant
Arthur Lowe as Fingerprint Expert
Joy Webster as Judo Girl
John Dunbar as Doctor
Travers Humphreys as himself

Critical reception[edit]

Sky Movies noted "Another dip into the Merton Park Studios filing cabinet that housed their short Scotland Yard mysteries, hosted by mournful-faced criminologist Edgar Lustgarten. The director is Ken Hughes, who briskly illuminates the case in question and was later to go to on bigger - if not better - subjects, including The Trials of Oscar Wilde and Mae West's last picture, Sextette."^[4]