| Blood Orange (1953 film) | |
| Director: | Terence Fisher |
| Screenplay: | Jan Read |
| Producer: | Michael Carreras |
| Starring: | Tom Conway Mila Parély |
| Music: | Ivor Slaney |
| Cinematography: | Walter J. Harvey |
| Editing: | Maurice Rootes |
| Runtime: | 76 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Blood Orange (U.S. title: Three Stops to Murder[1]) is a 1953 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Tom Conway and Mila Parély.[2] The screenplay was by Jan Read. A private eye investigating a jewel robbery at a London fashion house finds himself involved in a murder mystery.
In a London fashion house,"Blood orange" is the name of new dress designed by Helen Pascall. A model and a rich client are found murdered, each wearing the new dress. Private Eye Tom Conway suspects a link between the murders and the jewel robberies he is investigating.
Monthly Film Bulletin said "This thriller sets its involved story in the world of the couturiers, with back-biting models, a jealous manageress, and a heroine who attempts to achieve her ambitions through murder. The film tries, not very successfully, to be crisp and smart in style; the mystery, however, is fairly well sustained."[3]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Thriller is smartly styled but low-cut in excitement."[4]
Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film called the film "competent but conventional mystery".[5]
Sky Movies gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote: "This one is smartly styled but shorter than a mini-skirt when it comes to thrills."[6]