Three Cases of Murder
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Three Cases of Murder is a 1955
British drama film
comprising three stories. Though the stories are separate and unrelated, Alan Badel
appears in all three.
Orson Welles
received top billing in the film, but he in fact appears for only a short time in the final story. The first and third stories are supernatural, and all three are linked and prefaced by an introduction in which Eamonn Andrews
speaks to camera.
In the first story a museum worker enters one of the pictures in a gallery. In the second, two friends fall in love with the same woman before she is murdered by one of them. In the third, a politician seeks revenge on a political opponent by entering his dreams.
Each segment was directed by a different director.
1955 in film
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, debuts.* June 27 - The last ever Republic serial, King of the Carnival, is released....
British drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
comprising three stories. Though the stories are separate and unrelated, Alan Badel
Alan Badel
Alan Fernand Badel was a distinguished English stage actor who also appeared frequently in the cinema, radio and television and was noted for his richly textured voice which was once described as "the sound of tears".-Early life:...
appears in all three.
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio...
received top billing in the film, but he in fact appears for only a short time in the final story. The first and third stories are supernatural, and all three are linked and prefaced by an introduction in which Eamonn Andrews
Eamonn Andrews
Eamonn Andrews, CBE , was an Irish television presenter based in the United Kingdom.-Life and career:...
speaks to camera.
In the first story a museum worker enters one of the pictures in a gallery. In the second, two friends fall in love with the same woman before she is murdered by one of them. In the third, a politician seeks revenge on a political opponent by entering his dreams.
Each segment was directed by a different director.