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Clue of the Twisted Candle is a 1960 British second feature [1] crime film directed by Allan Davis and starring Bernard Lee, David Knight and Francis de Wolff. [2] The screenplay was by Philip Mackie, based on the 1918 Edgar Wallace novel The Clue of the Twisted Candle. [3]
Clue of the Twisted Candle: Directed by Allan Davis. With Bernard Lee, David Knight, Francis De Wolff, Colette Wilde. An unscrupulous businessman frames a rival for murder, then is himself found murdered in a locked room.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Allan Davis
- 1960
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Clue of the Twisted Candle: Directed by Allan Davis. With Bernard Lee, David Knight, Francis De Wolff, Colette Wilde. A blackmailer is found dead in a locked room and all the suspects have unbreakable alibis.
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- Allan Davis
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- Bernard Lee, David Knight, Francis De Wolff
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One of dozens of Edgar Wallace adaptions made by Anglo-Amalgamated in the early 60s, this is an easy-going locked room mystery that spends a lot of time on the set-up to the locked room itself, which is probably for the best given it's incredibly obvious who the culprit is.
Dec 11, 2008 · “If you were ever tied down to a chair and by the side of that chair was a small keg of black powder and stuck in that powder was a small candle that burnt lower and lower every minute—my God!” John was amazed to see the perspiration stand upon the forehead of his guest.
