Murder Anonymous
title: "Murder Anonymous" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1955-films", "1950s-crime-comedy-films", "british-crime-comedy-films", "films-directed-by-ken-hughes", "british-comedy-short-films", "1955-comedy-films", "1950s-english-language-films", "1955-british-films", "british-black-and-white-films", "english-language-crime-comedy-films"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_Anonymous" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Murder Anonymous |
| image | Murder_Anonymous_(1955).jpg |
| director | Ken Hughes |
| producer | Alec C. Snowden |
| screenplay | James Eastwood |
| Roy H. Lewis | |
| starring | Edgar Lustgarten |
| Peter Arne | |
| Jill Bennett | |
| narrator | Edgar Lustgarten |
| studio | Merton Park Studios |
| distributor | Anglo-Amalgamated (UK) |
| released | |
| runtime | 31 minutes |
| country | United Kingdom |
| language | English |
| :: |
| name = Murder Anonymous | image = Murder_Anonymous_(1955).jpg | caption = | director = Ken Hughes | producer = Alec C. Snowden | screenplay = James Eastwood Roy H. Lewis | starring = Edgar Lustgarten Peter Arne Jill Bennett | music = | narrator = Edgar Lustgarten | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Merton Park Studios | distributor = Anglo-Amalgamated (UK) | released = | runtime = 31 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = Murder Anonymous is a 1955 British crime short film directed by Ken Hughes and featuring Edgar Lustgarten, Peter Arne and Jill Bennett.
It was made by Anglo-Amalgamated as part of the Scotland Yard film series, as support for feature film screenings in cinemas .
Plot
The death of a playboy points the finger of suspicion at Bowman, in whose divorce suit the dead man had been named.
Cast
- Edgar Lustgarten as host
- Peter Arne as Douglas Sheldon
- Jill Bennett as Mrs. Sheldon
- Ewen Solon as Inspector Conway
- Brian O'Higgins as Detective Sergeant
- Louise Gainsborough as Mrs. Langster
- Arthur Lovegrove as Bowman
- Bettina Dickson as Mrs. Bowman
- John Penrose as Langster
- Vanda Godsell as hotel guest
- Dervis Ward as Detective Sergeant
- Alastair Hunter as Harry
- Philip Ray as police doctor
- Doug Robinson as Mr. Robinson
- Frank Hawkins as police sergeant
- Arthur Lowe as fingerprint expert
- Joy Webster as judo girl
- John Dunbar as doctor
- Travers Humphreys as himself
Critical reception
Kine Weekly wrote: "This taut mystery featurette, the latest of the highly popular real life Scotland Yard series, shows how the police unravelled a particularly tricky muider case, involving a blind man and a woman Judo expert. Edgar Lustgarten, the BBC authority, explains salient issues, and the Right Honourable Sir Travers Humphries, a former judge, gives his opinion on the finer points of law. Their contributions underline the thrills realistically presented, and put the seal on first-class crime reporting. Very good quota."
Sky Movies noted "Another dip into the Merton Park Studios filing cabinet that housed their short Scotland Yard mysteries, hosted by mournful-faced criminologist Edgar Lustgarten. The director is Ken Hughes, who briskly illuminates the case in question and was later to go to on bigger - if not better – subjects, including The Trials of Oscar Wilde and Mae West's last picture, Sextette."
References
References
- "Murder Anonymous".
- "Murder Anonymous (1955)".
- "14: MURDER ANONYMOUS (1955) - MERTON PARK STUDIOS".
- Vagg, Stephen. (14 November 2020). "Ken Hughes Forgotten Auteur".
- (17 November 1955). "Murder Anonymous". [[Kine Weekly]].
- "Murder Anonymous".
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