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Wanted for Murder

Name: Wanted for Murder
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1946-06-17
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 6.424

★ 6,4 /10 (33 Votes)

1946 EN 101 min

Overview

The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.

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Release date

17/06/1946

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0.8

Genres

Crime Drama

Status

Released

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Runtime

101 min

Eric Portman

Victor James Colebrooke

Dulcie Gray

Anne Fielding

Derek Farr

Jack Williams

Roland Culver

Chief Inspector Conway

Stanley Holloway

Sergeant Sullivan

Barbara Everest

Mrs Colebrooke

Bonar Colleano

Corporal Nick Mappolo

Jenny Laird

Jeannie McLaren

Kathleen Harrison

Florrie

Bill Shine

Detective Ellis

Viola Lyel

Mabel Cooper

John Salew

Detective Walters

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John Ruddock

Glover

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Edna Wood

Miss Kemp

George Carney

Boat Rental Agent

Mary Mackenzie

Girl at Fair

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Guide in Madame Tussaud's

Moira Lister

Miss Willis

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Gerhard Kempinski

Head Waiter

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Caven Watson

Underground Attendant

Wally Patch

Merry-Go-Round Barker

Frank Atkinson

Chip Shop Customer

Marie Ault

Flower Seller

Beatrice Campbell

Muriel

Howard Douglas

Head Park Keeper

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Alexander Field

First Newspaper Seller

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Soja Ooternan

Singer

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Tony Quinn

Mugsy Knight

Johnnie Schofield

Chip Shop Owner

Harry Terry

Park Keeper

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Klaas van Beek

Singer

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Just Call Whitehall 1212 Wanted for Murder is directed by Lawrence Huntington and adapted to screenplay by Emeric Pressburger, Rodney Ackland, Barbara Everest and Maurice Cowan from the play by Terence De Marney and Percy Robinson. It stars Eric Portman, Dulcie Gray, Derek Farr, Roland Culver and Stanley Holloway. Music is by Mischa Spoliansky and cinematography by Mutz Greenbaum. Nifty little thriller noir this, basically it finds Portman as the sinister Victor James Colebrook, a man with murderous instincts born out by bad seed lineage in his family tree. Can intrepid Chief Inspector…

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I always thought that Eric Portman was never much more than an efficient actor; rarely does he ever deviate from his usual, rather linear, style of performance. This one, though, is a bit different and he is rather good as the son of a hangman who, losing his grasp on reality, is obsessed with strangling young women. With the police (Roland Culver & a rather entertaining Stanley Holloway) hot on the trail, he falls for Dulcie Gary ("Anne") and for the first time, he has doubts about what to do next... Lawrence Huntingdon has done a decent job with a solid cast based on quite an intriguing Perc…

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