Murder at Site 3

Murder at Site 3
Directed by	Francis Searle
Written by	Paddy Manning O'Brine
Based on	Crime Is My Business by W Howard Baker (as Peter Saxon)
Produced by	Charles Leeds, Francis Searle
Starring	Geoffrey Toone, Barbara Shelley
Cinematography	Bert Mason
Music by	Don Banks
Production company	Francis Searle Productions
Release date	1958 (1958)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Murder at Site 3 (also known as Murder at Site Three) is a 1958 British film directed by Francis Searle and starring Barbara Shelley, Geoffrey Toone and John Warwick.[1][2] featuring the character of Sexton Blake.[1] It was written by Paddy Manning O'Brine, based on the 1958 novel Crime is My Business by W Howard Baker (as Peter Saxon), and produced at Bray Studios by Francis Searle's own production company.

Plot

Sexton Blake tracks down a gang who have stolen secrets from a rocket site.

Cast

• Geoffrey Toone as Sexton Blake
• Barbara Shelley as Susan
• John Warwick as Commander Chambers
• Richard Burrell as Tinker
• Jill Melford as Paula Dane

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Blake, his secretary and his assistant Tinker are attractively characterised in a modest thriller suffering less from its many improbabilities than a meandering, over-deliberate and for the most part tedious narrative.:"[3]

References

1. "Murder at Site 3". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
2. "Murder at Site Three (1959)". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
3. "Murder at Site 3". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 124. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.

External links

• Murder at Site 3 at IMDb