Noose for a Lady

Noose for a Lady is a 1953 British crime film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Dennis Price, Rona Anderson and Ronald Howard.[2] It is based on the novel Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner.

Opening title
Directed by	Wolf Rilla
Produced by	Victor Hanbury
Screenplay by	Rex Rienits
Based on	novel The Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner[1]
Starring	Dennis Price Rona Anderson Ronald Howard
Music by	De Wolfe
Cinematography	Walter Harvey
Edited by	Geoffrey Muller
Production company	Insignia Films
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	20 July 1953 (UK)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

The plot concerns an amateur detective (Price) who races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of murdering her husband.[3]

As a classic scenario Price assembles all suspects in a single room in a large house and announces that one of them is a murderer. He then explains who is the murderer and how he reached that conclusion.

Cast

• Dennis Price as Simon Gale
• Rona Anderson as Jill Hallam
• Ronald Howard as Dr. Evershed
• Pamela Alan as Margaret Allan
• Melissa Stribling as Vanessa Lane
• Alison Leggatt as Mrs. Langdon-Humphries
• Esma Cannon as Miss Ginch
• Charles Lloyd-Pack as Robert Upcott
• Colin Tapley as Major Fergusson
• Robert Brown as Jonas Rigg
• George Merritt as Sergeant Frost
• Doris Yorke as Mrs. Barratt
• Gabrielle Blunt as Agnes Potter
• Joe Linnane as The Prison Chaplain
• Eric Messiter as The Judge
• Michael Nightingale as The Barrister
• Ian Wallace as The Landlord
• Donald Bisset as Superintendent Shelford

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film "Overly chatty";[4] Cinema Retro found it "A quaint, cliché ridden drama," concluding more positively, "yes, of course it creaks a little, but if nothing else it’s guaranteed to hold your attention for its succinct 70-minute runtime";[5] and DVD Beaver saluted "A taut, complex whodunit with a brilliantly nerve-racking climax."[6]

References

1. Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
2. "Noose for a Lady (1953)". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
3. "Noose for a Lady (1953) - Wolf Rilla - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
4. "Noose For A Lady". TVGuide.com.
5. "DVD REVIEW: "NOOSE FOR A LADY" (1953) STARRING RONA ANDERSON AND DENNIS PRICE - Celebrating Films of the 1960s & 1970s". www.cinemaretro.com.
6. "Noose for a Lady - Dennis Price". www.dvdbeaver.com.

External links

• Noose for a Lady at IMDb