Alex Nicol

Anne Paige

Mary Laura Wood

Mona Washbourne

Charles Lloyd Pack

Bruce Beeby

Colin Tapley

John Horsley

Betty Impey

Henri Vidon

Robert Reardon

Peggy Ann Clifford

Tom Gill

Alan Robinson

Harry Towb

Hal Osmond

Arthur Lowe

Willoughby Goddard

Graham Stewart

Donald Wilson

Frank Chittenden

George Pollock

Norman Hudis

Edward Dryhurst

Desmond Davis

Crime

Drama

Stranger in Town

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When a composer if found dead in his home in a sleepy English village, the coroner puts it down to suicide. Now nobody quite knows just why this man would have taken his own life and when his American journalist pal "Madison" (Alex Nicol) shows up, he decides to look into things and is soon highly suspicious as he gradually realises that the rose tinted windows and perfectly manicured lawns hide tensions amongst the outwardly butter-wouldn't-melt townsfolk. There are plenty of clues for us all here, the odd red herring and he even manages to pick a fight as he eventually manages to convince "Insp. Powell" (John Horsley) that this wasn't simply just the desperate, final, act of an eccentric musician. It features a workmanlike, rather than stellar, cast of British stalwarts - Mona Washbourne ("Agnes") is always reliable, as is Charles Lloyd-Pack and there's even a spot for Arthur Lowe before the denouement comes a bit from left-field. It's an interesting contrast this film - almost like a precursor of the hugely successful "Midsomer Murders" series: what really does go on behind the chintz curtains. The writing is distinctly bland - and Nicol is really just eye candy, but it is still a decent little mystery that is worth a gander.

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