Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.
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- TriviaTowards the end of the film, the 'villain' played by Eric Pohlmann is on the run. He seems surprised and concerned to see two uniformed 'Bobbies' as he exits a telephone box. Perhaps he should have chosen somewhere else to have made a call from as the location is on the Albert Embankment, just over the River from the Houses of Parliament and Scotland Yard. Thus a number of Police might be expected in the vicinity.
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No great analysis needed here...a solid mystery with Tom Conway playing a private detective, ex-FBI, named...Tom Conway! The plot involves a jewel heist in the fashion industry, a crime that eventually grows into two murders. Conway is eventually asked to drop the case, and of course there is no better way to get a movie detective to devote himself to a case then to drop him from it! This was made during the period in the early 50s when Hammer made a number of low-budget mystery programmers with American stars such as Dane Clark and Forrest Tucker and Alex Nicol and Tom Conway (although we yanks think of him as British because of the accent, any time I see a British reference to him, he's called "american star Tom Conway," no doubt because his film success was here in the US). This one is a solid piece of work, which plays much like a 50s crime TV show. By this time Conway could play a detective in his sleep, and he lends his usual touch of jaded class to the film. The supporting cast is colorful, and as always director Terence Fisher keeps things moving quickly. Recommended to mystery and/or Tom Conway fans. Nothing special or original here otherwise...
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- 3 Stops to Murder
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- Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK(as Exclusive Studios, Bray)
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Three Stops to Murder (1953) officially released in Canada in English?
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