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Accidental Death (film)

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Accidental Death
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeoffrey Nethercott
Written byArthur La Bern
Based ona story by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
StarringJohn Carson
Jacqueline Ellis
Derrick Sherwin
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byGeoffrey Muller
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Accidental Death (also known as Jack of Judgement) is a 1963 British drama directed by Geoffrey Nethercott and starring John Carson, Jacqueline Ellis, and Derrick Sherwin.[1][2] It was written by Arthur La Bern based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

It was made at Merton Park Studios as part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace adaptations.[3][4]

Plot

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Henriette has a strained relationship with her guardian, Col. Johnnie Paxton, whose life was saved by Henriette's parents during the war. Upon returning from a party, Henriette and her boyfriend are surprised by an intruder. The intruder says he is here to kill the man who collaborated with the Nazis and caused the death of his fiancée.

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "In the context of the Edgar Wallace series, this melodrama has a tinge of the off-beat about it, though this is offset to some extent by a general air of theatricality. Certainly the dénouement, in which the quite suspenseful swimming-pool climax leaves the central mystery unresolved, is unusual: instead of providing the audience with a neatly sewn-up solution, it presents a set of questions."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Accidental Death". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Accidental Death (1964)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019.
  3. ^ Accidental Death - British Board of Film Classification ref. AFF024571
  4. ^ "The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Accidental Death (1963)". Radio Times.
  5. ^ "Accidental Death". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 31 (360): 38. 1 January 1964 – via ProQuest.
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