I hold this 1955 dvd as one of a series entitled "Scotland Yard the complete series".Carol plays a farmer's daughter who as a red herring plays a crackshot in this murder mystery.Her mother was to marry the victim landowner but there is also her farmer stepfather who has a grievance with him.A quite absorbing mid 1950s short with some top "B" players.Today it is virtually impossible to own a .22 rifle in Britain with it's draconian firearms laws these days, compared to the time this film was made.
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A Scotland Yard thriller where the focus is not on the Inspector
l_rawjalaurence17 February 2018
I like the Scotland Yard series. The center of attention is so much on the mechanics of the case that audiences simply don't have time to get bored. THE MYSTERIOUS BULLET is a good example, with director Paul Gheerzo (aka Paul Dickson) spending so much time focusing on the work of the ballistics expert that he scarcely has time to roll up the plot. That doesn't really matter, as the plot is a bit cliched at the best of times.
The Mysterious Bullet
Prismark1013 January 2021
Edgar Lustgarten is joined by a ballistic expert for this instalment of Scotland Yard.
It begins with someone doing some poaching and is caught by the gamekeeper. They also discover a dead body.
Both of them were not responsible. The bullet that killed Davy Charlesworth came from a .22 rifle.
Charlesworth was engaged to marry widow Emilie Thatcher who lives in a farm with her daughter Julie and her brother. None of them have a .22 rifle as well.
Although the Scotland Yard detective suspect a man must have killed Charlesworth. They think again when they find out that Julie is a crackshot at the funfair. She was also having an affair with the much older Charlesworth.
I am not sure if Lustgarten actually needed the expert with him. He could had done the explanation himself.
It is another well constructed story, efficiently done with both mother and daughter as likely suspects.
It begins with someone doing some poaching and is caught by the gamekeeper. They also discover a dead body.
Both of them were not responsible. The bullet that killed Davy Charlesworth came from a .22 rifle.
Charlesworth was engaged to marry widow Emilie Thatcher who lives in a farm with her daughter Julie and her brother. None of them have a .22 rifle as well.
Although the Scotland Yard detective suspect a man must have killed Charlesworth. They think again when they find out that Julie is a crackshot at the funfair. She was also having an affair with the much older Charlesworth.
I am not sure if Lustgarten actually needed the expert with him. He could had done the explanation himself.
It is another well constructed story, efficiently done with both mother and daughter as likely suspects.
Discovered Missing Apoearance: Edie Martin.
perryhsj30 March 2022
If any wishes to add this uncredited appearance to character actress Edie Martin's filmography, who plays Carol Marsh's grandmother, and the culprit's mother, (as I have done with her Wikipedia entry), that should be quite helpful, as I find the process laborious. Also, I've tried to contribute accurate information in the past, only to have it rejected. I'm very pleased to have found it, and to have added the appearance to the record:- should it not be removed.
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