Movie Cosmos - The Third Alibi

Description:

A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.

Top Cast >

Laurence Payne

As Norman Martell

Patricia Dainton

As Helen Martell

Jane Griffiths

As Peggy Hill

Edward Underdown

As Dr. Peter Murdoch

John Arnatt

As Supt. Ross

Humphrey Lestocq

As Simmons, the Producer

Lucy Griffiths

As Miss Potter

Olive Milbourne

As Mrs. Booth

Arthur Hewlett

As Marshall

Annette Kerr

As Cinema cashier

Cleo Laine

As Cleo

Dudley Moore

As Rehearsal Pianist (Uncredited)

Sylvia Davis

As Cinema sales girl (uncredited)

Max Faulkner

As Det. Sgt. Fred Smith (uncredited)

Garard Green

As Patrol car policeman (uncredited)

Arthur Howell

As P.C. Williams (uncredited)

Aileen Lewis

As Sheila (Party Guest) (uncredited)

Richard Neller

As Sleeping Man in Theater (uncredited)

Pat Ryan

As Detective Examining Tape-Recorder (uncredited)

Stuart Saunders

As Cinema manager (uncredited)

Arthur Skinner

As Det. Sgt. Carter (uncredited)

John Tatham

As Detective / Fingerprints Officer (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Montgomery Tully

Director, Screenplay

Evelyn Gibbs

Wardrobe Master

Jane Baker

Theatre Play

Pip Baker

Theatre Play

Jim Connock

Editor

Maurice J. Wilson

Screenplay, Producer

John Shinerock

Camera Operator

William Hutchinson

Art Direction

Pat Marsden

Production Manager

Hilda Fox

Hairdresser

Philip Martell

Music Director

Estelle Stewart

Continuity

Don Banks

Original Music Composer

Walter J. Harvey

Director of Photography

Richard Mills

Makeup Artist

David Tringham

First Assistant Director

Dick Smith

Sound Recordist

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

This is quite an intriguing murder mystery about a vain composer ("Norman") who has an affair with his sister-in-law ("Peggy"). When she becomes pregnant his wife ("Helen") refuses to divorce him so he and his mistress set about devising a cunning plan to be rid of her. It's quite a simple story, but told with plenty of twists and turns that keep the whole pot boiling nicely. Patricia Dainton is superb as the wife and John Arnatt as the slightly Priestley-esque "Superintendent Ross".

2022-03-28