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Town on Trial. Town on Trial is a 1957 British mystery film directed by John Guillermin and starring John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates and Derek Farr. [3] A whole town comes under suspicion when two grisly murders are carried out—particularly members of the local sports club.
Town on Trial: Directed by John Guillermin. With John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates, Derek Farr. At a local tennis club in a posh London suburb, an attractive but flirty young woman is murdered, prompting a Scotland Yard investigation.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- John Guillermin
- 1957-08
Town on Trial. When the beautiful and scandalous Molly Stevens (Magda Miller) is found strangled to death near the British village of Oakley Park, Scotland Yard superintendent Mike Halloran (John ...
- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
- John Mills
- John Guillermin
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More mystery than noir, John Guillermin’s Town on Trial is an exceptional example of the former and a strong candidate for the latter. With the same claustrophobic small town atmosphere as Clouzot’s Le Corbeau (1943), the film follows superintendent Mike Halloran (John Mills in a fantastically understated performance) as he investigates residents of Oakley Park for the murder of bombshell ...
Ken Hughes. Writer. When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain ...
At a local tennis club in a posh London suburb, an attractive but flirty young woman is murdered, prompting a Scotland Yard investigation. After an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran (Sir John Mills) to sort out all the red herrings, and finally ...
