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Murder in Eden (1961)

5.2 | Apr 07, 1961 (US) | Crime, Mystery | 01:03

Max Varnel’s British mystery thriller. After discovering a famous painting is a forgery, a noted art critic is killed by a hit-and-run driver. Starring Ray McAnally, Catherine Feller and Yvonne Buckingham.

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Ray McAnally
Inspector Sharkey
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Catherine Feller
Geneviève Beaujean
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Yvonne Buckingham
Vicky Woolf
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Norman Rodway
Michael Lucas
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Mark Singleton
Arnold Woolf
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Jack Aranson
Bill Robson
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Robert Lepler
Max Aaronson, Art Critic
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Francis O’Keefe
Sgt. Johnson
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Noel Sheridan
Frenchman Jack

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CinemaSerf
5 | Feb 12, 2023
When an acclaimed art critic announces that a famous painting adoring an Irish gallery is a forgery, it's owner "Arnold Woolf" (Mark Singleton) is outraged. Shortly afterwards, said critic has come a cropper in a car accident and it falls to "Insp. Sharkey" (Ray McAnally) to get to the bottom of the accident, a theft and a fraud. Add to the mix the presence of the chic "Geneviève" (Catherine Feller) who potters around in her tiny bubble car and we have just about enough ingredients to make this crime drama entirely... forgettable. Indeed, aside from some rather jaunty accordion music the whole thing is curiously dull. McAnally exudes no screen presence at all (on the basis of this rather lacklustre effort you would never had had him succeed in later life). The story is pretty pedestrian - though there is maybe the merest hint of a twist at the end - and though prettily enough shot leaves little to remember.