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The Third Alibi

The Third Alibi

6,6 /10 (13 Votes)
1961 EN 68 min

Overview

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.

Release date

15/03/1961

Votes

13

Popularity

0.4

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

68 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-03-28

⭐ 6

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".

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