''Clue of the Twisted Candle'' is a 1960 British
crime film
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directed by
Allan Davis and starring
Bernard Lee
John Bernard Lee (10 January 190816 January 1981) was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films. Lee's film career spanned the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from ...
,
David Knight David or Dave Knight may refer to:
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*David Knight (cricketer) (born 1956), Australian cric ...
and
Francis De Wolff
Francis Marie de Wolff (7 January 191318 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television.
Life and career
Born in Essex, he made his film debut in ''Flame ...
. Part of the long-running series of
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
The ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' is a British second-feature film series mainly produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 48 films in the series, which were released between 1960 and 1965. The series was screened as ''The E ...
films made at
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, it is based on the 1918 novel ''
The Clue of the Twisted Candle''.
[Goble p.486]
Cast
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Bernard Lee
John Bernard Lee (10 January 190816 January 1981) was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films. Lee's film career spanned the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from ...
as Superintendent Meredith
*
David Knight David or Dave Knight may refer to:
*David Knight (American football) (born 1951), former American football player
*David Knight (CND), chair for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 1996–2001
*David Knight (cricketer) (born 1956), Australian cric ...
as Lexman
*
Francis De Wolff
Francis Marie de Wolff (7 January 191318 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television.
Life and career
Born in Essex, he made his film debut in ''Flame ...
as Ramon Karadis
*
Colette Wilde
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as Grace
*
Christine Shaw as Linda Buckland
*
Stanley Morgan as Sergeant Anson
*
A. J. Brown as Commissioner of Police
*
Richard Caldicot
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as Fisher
*
Edmond Bennett
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* Edmond Chehade (born 1993), Lebanese footballer
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as Manservant
*
Simon Lack
Simon Lack (19 December 19138 August 1980) was a Scottish actor.
He was born Alexander MacAlpine, in Cleland, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Known locally as Alec, he was the youngest child and only son of his father, Alexander McAlpine (known ...
as Jock
*
Anthony Baird
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as Sergeant Butterfield
*
Gladys Henson
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as Landlady
*
Alfred Maron
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* ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne
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*"Alfred (Interl ...
as Finch
*
Richard Vernon
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as Viney
*
Harry Locke
Harry Locke (10 December 1913 – 7 September 1987) was an English character actor.
He was born and died in London. He married Joan Cowderoy in 1943 and Cordelia Sewell in 1952. He was a good friend of the poet Dylan Thomas. Their friendship in ...
as Amis
*
Roy Purcell
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as Brennan
*
Kenneth Fortescue
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as Secretary, C.I.D.
*
Hazel Hughes
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as Miss Cunningham
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1960 films
British crime films
1960 crime films
Films set in England
Merton Park Studios films
Films directed by Allan Davis
Films based on British novels
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1960s English-language films
1960s British films
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