Dead by Morning

1/1/19561h 8m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A spine tingling comedy-thriller! ~

Overview:

Gorgeous Kate Dax and her crime-writer husband, Andrew, investigate the murder of eccentric spinster Miss Tulip at a remote country cottage.

Director:

Leslie Arliss

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

Cast

Diana Dors

~ as ~

Kate Dax

Patrick Holt

~ as ~

Andrew Dax

Jack Hulbert

~ as ~

Constable Feathers

Cicely Courtneidge

~ as ~

Millicent Tulip

Joss Ambler

~ as ~

Inspector Thorne

Ida Patlanski

~ as ~

Judith Gale

George Roderick

~ as ~

Sergeant Akers

Brian Oulton

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Dr. Willis

Ian Wilson

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Police photographer

A.E. Matthews

~ as ~

Mr. Potts

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
Patrick Holt is "Dax", a successful crime writer who is suffering from a bit of a mental block. His wife "Kate" (Diana Dors) suggest they take a break in the country where they encounter the eponymous "Miss Tulip" (Cicely Courtneidge) - but not for long. On coming down in the morning, they discover the French windows open and their guest shot dead. The police arrive and under the investigative gaze of "Insp. Thorne" (Joss Ambler) the game is afoot. Dors was always a very light-weight actress and offers little of substance here, but at times there is a bit of fun tit-for-tat dialogue between the policeman and the novelist to keep this otherwise entirely forgettable comedy off the rocks. The ending is not quite the stuff of Agatha Christie but it's a little bit quirky and all-in-all this is actually quite a passable, low-budget, hour or so of bucolic sleuthing.