Attempt to Kill explained

Attempt to Kill
Director:	Royston Morley
Producer:	Jack Greenwood Jim O'Connolly
Music:	Bernard Ebbinghouse
Cinematography:	Bert Mason
Editing:	Edward Jarvis
Studio:	Merton Park Studios
Distributor:	Anglo-Amalgamated
Runtime:	54 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Attempt to Kill is a 1961 British second feature ('B')^[1] film directed by Royston Morley and starring Derek Farr and Tony Wright.^[2] The screenplay was by Richard Harris, based on the 1929 Edgar Wallace novel The Lone House Mystery.^[3] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.^[4]

Plot

A businessman fires one of his employees, then someone tries to murder him. The fired man becomes the prime suspect.

Cast

Derek Farr as Detective Inspector Minter
Tony Wright as Gerry Hamilton
Richard Pearson as Frank Weyman
Freda Jackson as Mrs. Weyman
Patricia Mort as Elisabeth Gray
J.G. Devlin as Elliott
Clifford Earl as Sergeant Bennett
Denis Holmes as Fraser
Allan Jeager as gardener
Grace Arnold as housekeeper
Trevor Reid as bank manager
Frances Bennett as barmaid

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Derek Farr's resourceful performance as the Inspector, and the Thames setting, are the only assets in this unoriginal Edgar Wallace thriller."^[5]

External links

Attempt to Kill at BFI
Attempt to Kill at Letterbox DVD
Attempt to Kill at IMDb
Attempt to Kill then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets

Notes and References

Book: Chibnall, Steve . The British 'B' Film . McFarlane . Brian . . 2009 . 978-1-8445-7319-6 . London . 237.
Web site: Attempt to Kill . 26 June 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
Web site: Attempt to Kill (1961) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190505003124/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bc14c2d . 5 May 2019 . BFI.
Web site: The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Attempt to Kill (1961). Radio Times.
1 January 1961 . Attempt to Kill . . 28 . 324 . 141 . ProQuest.