Murder at Site 3 explained

Murder at Site 3
Director:Francis Searle
Producer:Charles Leeds, Francis Searle
Starring:Geoffrey Toone, Barbara Shelley
Music:Don Banks
Cinematography:Bert Mason
Studio:Francis Searle Productions
Runtime:67 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

Murder at Site 3 (also known as Murder at Site Three) is a 1958 British film directed by Francis Searle and starring Barbara Shelley, Geoffrey Toone and John Warwick.[1] [2] featuring the character of Sexton Blake.[3] It was written by Paddy Manning O'Brine, based on the 1958 novel Crime is My Business by W Howard Baker (as Peter Saxon), and produced at Bray Studios by Francis Searle's own production company.

Plot

Sexton Blake tracks down a gang who have stolen secrets from a rocket site.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Blake, his secretary and his assistant Tinker are attractively characterised in a modest thriller suffering less from its many improbabilities than a meandering, over-deliberate and for the most part tedious narrative.:"[4]

References

  1. Web site: Murder at Site 3 . 6 May 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
  2. Web site: Murder at Site Three (1959) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090114083455/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/43357 . 2009-01-14 . ftvdb.bfi.org.uk.
  3. Web site: Murder at Site 3 . 6 May 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
  4. 1 January 1959 . Murder at Site 3 . . 26 . 300 . 124 . ProQuest.