''The Clue of the New Pin'' (

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) is a

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directed by Allan Davis and starring

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and

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. It was one of the series of

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, British second-features, produced at Merton Park Studios in the 1960s. This film is an adaptation of the 1923 novel '' The Clue of the New Pin'' by

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, which was also made into a film in 1929.

Plot

TV journalist Tab Holland assists Scotland yard with the murder of a reclusive millionaire whose corpse is discovered locked in a vault. The key to the vault is mysteriously found on the table beside the corpse.

Partial cast

- Rex Lander *

- Superintendent Carver *

- Tab Holland * Katherine Woodville - Jane Ardfern *

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- Ramsey Brown *

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- Sergeant Harris * David Horne - John Trasmere *

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- Mrs Rushby *

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- Yeh Ling *

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- Barmaid

Critical reception

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'' called it "slightly better than most of the 47 Edgar Wallace second features that producer Greenwood put out between 1960 and 1963."

References

External links

* 1961 films British black-and-white films 1961 crime films Edgar Wallace Mysteries Films based on British novels Films scored by Ron Goodwin British crime films 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{1960s-crime-film-stub