Blood Orange (1953 film) | |
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Directed by | Terence Fisher |
Screenplay by | Jan Read |
Produced by | Michael Carreras |
Starring |
Tom Conway Mila Parély |
Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
Edited by | Maurice Rootes |
Music by | Ivor Slaney |
Production company | |
Distributed by |
Exclusive Films (UK) Astor Pictures (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Blood Orange is a 1953 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Tom Conway and Mila Parély. It was released in the United States as Three Stops to Murder. [1] [2] 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]
Blood Orange (1953 film) | |
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Directed by | Terence Fisher |
Screenplay by | Jan Read |
Produced by | Michael Carreras |
Starring |
Tom Conway Mila Parély |
Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
Edited by | Maurice Rootes |
Music by | Ivor Slaney |
Production company | |
Distributed by |
Exclusive Films (UK) Astor Pictures (US) |
Release date |
|
Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Blood Orange is a 1953 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Tom Conway and Mila Parély. It was released in the United States as Three Stops to Murder. [1] [2] 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]