Noose for a Lady (1953)
An excellent, largely unknown British whodunit in the Agatha Christie / Dashiell Hammett mold. The story centres on a man who returns from abroad to find his cousin has been convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to death. Worse still her execution is only seven days away. Dennis Price is excellent as he pokes around into the affairs of the village where his cousin lived. Everyone seems a suspect and more corpses turn up as the mystery deepens.
Noose for a Lady is a terrific little film with a final sequence reminiscent of The Thin Man film series. However the rest of the film is tense and compelling piece which grabs you in the opening five minutes and refuses to let go. It's also remarkable that it's written so well that i didn't work out who the real murderer was until the final five minutes.
Another superb release from Network. Highly recommended.
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