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Murder Can Be Deadly ()

The Painted Smile (original title)
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Two con artists plan a final scam. It goes wrong when one is murdered in the other's apartment. She gets a student to hide the body but he's caught. His friends look for her to clear his name but they're seized by the killer.

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Jo Lake
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Kleinie
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Mark
Tony Wickert ...
Tom
Craig Douglas ...
Nightclub Singer
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Mary
Ray Smith ...
Glynn
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Roy
Harold Berens ...
Mikhala
Grazina Frame ...
Lucy
Richard McNeff ...
Police Inspector
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Plainclothes Policeman
Rosemary Chalmers ...
Gloria
Mia Karam ...
Dawn
Terence Maidment ...
1st Henchman
Bill Stevens ...
2nd Henchman
Lionel Ngakane ...
Barman
Ann Wrigg ...
Manageress
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Philip Johns ...
Police Officer at St. Pancras
Tony Castleton ...
Customer at St. Pancras Tearoom (uncredited)
Alex Graham ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Police Officer at St. Pancras (uncredited)
Ned Hood ...
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Arthur Howell ...
Police Officer at St. Pancras (uncredited)
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Police Officer Outside Bookshop (uncredited)
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Police Officer Outside Bookshop (uncredited)
Joe Wadham ...
Police Officer At Gravel Pit (uncredited)

Directed by

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Lance Comfort

Written by

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Pip Baker ... (story and screenplay) &
Jane Baker ... (story and screenplay)
 
Brock Williams ... (original idea)

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Tom Blakeley ... producer

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Martin Slavin

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Basil Emmott ... (photography) (as Basil Emmot)

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John Trumper

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George Provis

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George Claff ... makeup artist
Bobbie Smith ... hairdresser

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Pat Green ... production manager

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Peter Price ... assistant director

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Norman Bolland ... sound recordist

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Frank Drake ... camera operator

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Maude Churchill ... wardrobe mistress

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Martin Slavin ... music arranger / musical director

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Phyllis Townshend ... continuity

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Plot Summary

Jo Lake and Mark Davies, working the "outraged husband" racket, fall foul of the sinister Kleinie. Jo, all for quitting, is persuaded by Mark to find one more victim before they leave and quit. She goes to the club where she operates and persuades a very-drunk young student, Tom, who has just won a hundred pounds, to go back to her flat. Mark, hiding there, hears footsteps mounting the stairs, but instead of Jo, the ugly, crippled Kleinie appears and coldly and callousy stabs Mark, leaving the body in Jo's bedroom. When she arrives with Tom, Kleinie phones and tells her to look in her bedroom. Jo tells Tom that the police will blame him and she persuades him to get his car and dispose of the body. Still somewhat drunk, his erratic driving causes him to be stopped by the police. Tom escapes. His friends, Glynn and Roy call on his fiancée, Mary, after reading in the paper about the body found in his car and that the police are after him. Tom arrives and his two friends set out to find Jo. Jo has left her apartment but Lucy, a hostess at the club, tells them to try King's Crss Station. The club barman tips Kleinie off. Tom joins them and they find Jo at the station but the police arrive. Escaping to the street, they are bundled into a car and are now Kleinie's prisoners. Written by Les Adams

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Also Known As
  • Murder Can Be Deadly (United States)
  • Die Dirne Jo (Austria)
  • Die Dirne Jo (West Germany)
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  • 60 min
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Trivia The role of nightclub singer, played by Craig Douglas, was originally offered to The Beatles, but they were rejected by the producer, who thought they were too young. See more »
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