The Lamp in Assassin Mews

The Lamp in Assassin Mews
U.K. theatrical release poster
Directed byGodfrey Grayson
Written byMark Grantham (as M.M. McCormick)
Produced byBrian Taylor
Starring
CinematographyLionel Banes
Edited byJohn Dunsford
Music byBill LeSage
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Lamp in Assassin Mews is a 1962 'B'[1] British comedy crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Francis Matthews, Lisa Daniely and Ian Fleming.[2][3]

The film's plot concerns a local council's plans to gentrify an area, which are disrupted by a series of murders.[4]

Plot

Modernising councillor Jack Norton becomes the target of a couple of elderly serial killers when he plans to remove a gas lamp outside their home.

Cast

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A curious blend of romance and comedy tinged with drama, the story is puerile, and many might feel that the murderous old pair, likeable though they may be, are not at all funny. Undeniably this sort of macabre comedy has been done successfully before, but here it does not come off. The musical score makes extensive use of a motif which appeared briefly in Three Spare Wives [1962]."[5]

References

  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "The Lamp in Assassin Mews". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  3. ^ "The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 January 2009.
  4. ^ "The Lamp in Assassin Mews". britmovie.co.uk.
  5. ^ "The Lamp in Assassin Mews". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 29 (336): 140. 1 January 1962. ProQuest 1305824058 – via ProQuest.


Stub icon

This article related to a British film of the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a crime comedy film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.