''Black Orchid'' is a 1953 British
mystery film
A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, i ...
directed by
Charles Saunders and starring
Ronald Howard, Olga Edwardes, and
John Bentley. The screenplay concerns a physician who is implicated in the death of his wife which allowed him to marry her sister.
Cast
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Ronald Howard ... Dr. John Winnington
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Olga Edwardes ... Christine Shaw
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John Bentley ... Eric Blair
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Mary Laura Wood
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* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
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* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
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... Sophie Winnington
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Patrick Barr
Patrick David Barr (13 February 1908 – 29 August 1985) was an English actor. In his career spanning over half a century, he appeared in about 144 films and television series.
Biography
Born in Akola, British India in 1908, Barr was educate ...
... Vincent Humphries
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Sheila Burrell
Sheila Mary Burrell (9 May 1922 – 19 July 2011) was a British actress. A cousin of Laurence Olivier, she was born in Blackheath, London, the daughter of a salesman. She attended St John's, Bexhill-on-Sea and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dram ...
... Annette
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Russell Napier
Russell Gordon Napier (28 November 1910 – 19 August 1974) was an Australian actor.
Biography
Russell Napier was born in Perth, Western Australia. Originally a lawyer, Napier was active as an actor on the stage as early as 1936; on the scree ...
... Inspector Markham
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Mary Jones ... Mrs. Humphries
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Alan Robinson ... Solicitor
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Ian Fleming ... Coroner
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Tom Gill ... Travel Agent Clerk
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Tucker McGuire
Anne Tucker McGuire (29 January 1913 in Winchester, Virginia, USA - 3 August 1988 in London, England) was an American-born actress who appeared largely in British films and television. She married actor Tom Macaulay.
She appeared in the 1949 We ...
... American Woman
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Richard Shaw ... Lorry Driver
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Daniel Wherry ... Padre
Critical reception
Sky movies wrote, "following his success in the title parts of the
Paul Temple
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and
Toff
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films, John Bentley starred in this murder melodrama which is very typical of British
second feature
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production of the period."
References
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1953 films
British mystery films
Films directed by Charles Saunders
1950s mystery films
British black-and-white films
1950s English-language films
1950s British films
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