''An Honourable Murder'' is a 1960 British

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directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Norman Wooland,

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and

Lisa Daniely Lisa Daniely (born Mary Elizabeth Bodington; 4 June 1929 – 24 January 2014) was a British film and television actress. Life and career Born in Reading, Berkshire, to an English solicitor father and a French mother, she was educated in Paris ...

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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

's ''

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'' set in the corporate world of the

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Cast

* Norman Wooland – Brutus Smith *

– Claudia Caesar *

– Paula * Douglas Wilmer – Cassius *

Philip Saville Philip Saville (28 October 1927 – 22 December 2016) was a British director, screenwriter and former actor whose career lasted half a century. The British Film Institute's Screenonline website described Saville as "one of Britain's most prolif ...

– Mark Anthony *

John Longden John Longden (11 November 1900 – 26 May 1971) was an English film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1926 and 1964, including five films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Biography Longden was born in the West Indies, the son o ...

– Julian Caesar *

Marion Mathie Marion Mathie (6 February 1925 – 20 January 2012) was an English actress who appeared in the last four series of ''Rumpole of the Bailey'' as his fearsome wife, Hilda ("She Who Must Be Obeyed") and many other roles in other productions, includ ...

– Portia Smith *

Colin Tapley Colin Edward Livingstone Tapley (7 May 1909 – 1 December 1995) was a New Zealand actor in both American and British films. Born in New Zealand, he served in the Royal Air Force and an expedition to Antarctica before winning a Paramount Pictur ...

– Casca * Kenneth Edwards – Trebon *

Arnold Bell Arnold Bell (23 May 1901 – 12 March 1988) was a British actor. Selected filmography * ''Convict 99'' (1919) - Warder Gannawy * '' Doctor Josser K.C.'' (1931) * '' Josser in the Army'' (1932) - Becker * ''Doss House'' (1933) - Reporter * '' ...

– Ligar

References

External links

* 1960 films 1960 drama films British drama films 1960s English-language films British films based on plays Films directed by Godfrey Grayson Films shot at New Elstree Studios 1960s British films {{1960s-UK-film-stub