Murder in Eden (film)
Murder in Eden is a 1961 British mystery film directed by Max Varnel and starring Ray McAnally, Catherine Feller and Yvonne Buckingham.[1] The screenplay involves the murder of an art critic and subsequent hunt for the killer.[2]
| Murder in Eden | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Max Varnel |
| Produced by | Bill Luckwell Jock MacGregor |
| Written by | H.E. Burden |
| Based on | a story by John Haggarty |
| Starring | Ray McAnally Catherine Feller Yvonne Buckingham |
| Music by | Wilfred Burns |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | Robert Jordan Hill (as Robert Hill) |
Production company | Bill and Michael Luckwell Ltd. |
| Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
The Woolf Art Gallery is promoting an exhibition of paintings under the title of "The Garden of Eden". A man peers strongly at a picture of Eve forming one of a pair representing Adam and Eve by a Dutch artist Van Meerwick.
After he discovers a famous painting is fake, a noted art critic is killed by a hit-and-run driver. Inspector Sharkey of Scotland Yard joins forces with French magazine reporter Geneviève Beaujean to investigate.[3]
Genevieve spends a lot of time at the gallery. It is revealed she is not a real reporter. The police find a portfolio belonging to the dead man. It states the best forger is Michael Lucas but his work is revealed by the use of zinc white.
Michael Lucas has the real Eve hidden in a secret room in his seaside villa... he has promised to sell it to Bill Robson and shows him the secret room.
Genevieve listens to them chat from the secret room. She has a gun.
The police arrive and hear her crying in the secret room.
Cast
- Ray McAnally ... Inspector Sharkey
- Catherine Feller ... Geneviève Beaujean
- Yvonne Buckingham ... Vicky Woolf
- Norman Rodway ... Michael Lucas
- Mark Singleton ... Arnold Woolf the gallery owner
- Jack Aranson ... Bill Robson
- Robert Lepler ... Max Aaronson, Art Critic
- Angela Douglas ... Beatnik
- Francis O'Keefe ... Sgt. Johnson
- Noel Sheridan ... Frenchman Jack
- Ronald Walsh ... Bodyguard
- John Sterling ... Art Expert
- Frank O'Donovan ... Manservant
- Eithne Lydon ... Receptionist
References
- "Murder in Eden". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
- "Murder in Eden (1962) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- "Murder In Eden". TVGuide.com.