Diagnosis: Murder (1975)
Diagnosis: Murder (1975)
DVDRip | MKV | 710x480 | x264 @ 1531 Kbps | English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 82 min | 1,02 Gb
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
DVDRip | MKV | 710x480 | x264 @ 1531 Kbps | English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 82 min | 1,02 Gb
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Sidney Hayers
Writers: Ivan Goff, Philip Levene (story)
Stars: Jon Finch, Judy Geeson, Christopher Lee
Originally made for HTV television, this lumbering thriller received a brief theatrical release thanks to its star cast. The wife of Dr. Stephan Hayward (Christopher Lee), a wealthy consultant psychiatrist, has disappeared, and the police begin receiving anonymous letters accusing the doctor of murdering his wife. Det. Insp. Lomax (Jon Finch), a cranky detective, is investigating the case. Lomax takes the letters seriously and suspects Hayward of having an affair with his secretary, Helen (Judy Geeson), and that this may be the motive behind his wife’s disappearance. As the police forensics dept dig for clues in the grounds of Hayward’s home, the doctor slips away with his secretary to share a revelation.
Christopher Lee plays a strange psychiatrist who's wife goes missing and who's the subject of letters mailed to the police saying that he has killed his wife. The police dive into the case with zeal and find that things concerning the case just don't really add up.
This is a really good thriller with a many nice twists. I like that you're over half way into the movie before you have any idea what's really going on, and once you do know, things don't take a predictable path to the end.
This is a small gem of a movie thats well acted by all concerned. The actors actually give their characters a life that isn't typical for what seems to be, but really isn't, a by the numbers mystery. Jon Finch, as the detective makes an excellent foil for Christopher Lee by simply refusing to do what he's suppose to.
Definitely worth seeing, or in my case re-seeing.
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Diagnosis: Murder (1975)
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