''Death Is a Woman'' is a 1966 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 Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means ...
directed by Frederic Goode and starring
Mark Burns,
Shaun Curry
Shaun Curry (5 June 1937 - 7 July 2009) was a British actor, best known for his appearances on television.
His credits include: ''Z-Cars'', '' The Saint'', ''Warship'', '' The Sweeney'', '' The New Avengers'', '' Secret Army'', ''Poldark'', '' ...
, William Dexter,
Wanda Ventham
Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress with many roles on British television since beginning her career in the 1950s. She played Colonel Virginia Lake in the 1970s science-fiction television series ''UFO'' and had a recurring ...
,
Terence De Marney
Terence Arthur De Marney (1 March 190825 May 1971) was a British film, stage, radio and television actor, as well as theatre director and writer.
Career
Actor
The son of Violet Eileen Concanen and Arthur De Marney, and the grandson of n ...
and
Trisha Noble
Patricia Ann Ruth Noble (3 February 1944 – 23 January 2021) was an Australian singer and actress. Initially performing as Patsy Ann Noble, she was a teenage pop singer in the early 1960s, with regular appearances on the music and variety tele ...
. Location filming took place in
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
.
Plot
A British undercover agent (Burns) is sent to an island in the
Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the e ...
to identify how a heroin smuggling operation is distributing their product.
Cast
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Mark Burns as Dennis Parbury
*
Shaun Curry
Shaun Curry (5 June 1937 - 7 July 2009) was a British actor, best known for his appearances on television.
His credits include: ''Z-Cars'', '' The Saint'', ''Warship'', '' The Sweeney'', '' The New Avengers'', '' Secret Army'', ''Poldark'', '' ...
as Joe
* William Dexter as Malo
*
Wanda Ventham
Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress with many roles on British television since beginning her career in the 1950s. She played Colonel Virginia Lake in the 1970s science-fiction television series ''UFO'' and had a recurring ...
as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
*
Terence De Marney
Terence Arthur De Marney (1 March 190825 May 1971) was a British film, stage, radio and television actor, as well as theatre director and writer.
Career
Actor
The son of Violet Eileen Concanen and Arthur De Marney, and the grandson of n ...
as Jacomini
*
Trisha Noble
Patricia Ann Ruth Noble (3 February 1944 – 23 January 2021) was an Australian singer and actress. Initially performing as Patsy Ann Noble, she was a teenage pop singer in the early 1960s, with regular appearances on the music and variety tele ...
as Francesca (as Patsy Ann Noble)
*
Mark Singleton as Costello, Head of the Police
*
Michael Brennan as Bonelli
*
Anita Harris
Anita Madeleine Harris (born 3 June 1942) is an English actress, singer and entertainer.
Harris sang with the Cliff Adams Singers for three years from 1961 and had a number of chart hits during the 1960s. She appeared in the ''Carry On'' film ...
as Singer at Casino
*
Blake Butler
John David Blake Butler (22 October 1924 – 15 April 1981) was an English actor best known for his role as the lecherous chief librarian Mr. Wainwright during the first and third series of ''Last of the Summer Wine'' in 1973 and 1976 res ...
as Lift Operator
* Dulcie Bowman as Old Lady
* Tony Watham as Himself
* Garth Adams as Himself
* Caron Gardner as Mary
References
External links
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1966 films
1966 crime drama films
1966 independent films
British crime drama films
British independent films
British mystery films
Films shot in Malta
1960s English-language films
1960s British films
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