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CrimeDramaMystery

Serena

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Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time as the artist's striking model with her long black hair disappears.

Release Date : 1962-06-01

Language :

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Butcher's Film Service

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Patrick Holt

Character Name : Inspector Gregory

Original Name : Patrick Holt

Gender : Male

Emrys Jones

Character Name : Howard Rogers

Original Name : Emrys Jones

Gender : Male

Honor Blackman

Character Name : Ann Rogers

Original Name : Honor Blackman

Gender : Female

Bruce Beeby

Character Name : Det. Sgt Conway

Original Name : Bruce Beeby

Gender : Male

John Horsley

Character Name : Mr. Fisher

Original Name : John Horsley

Gender : Male

Robert Perceval

Character Name : Bank Manager

Original Name : Robert Perceval

Gender : Male

Wally Patch

Character Name : Barman

Original Name : Wally Patch

Gender : Male

Frank Pettitt

Character Name : Fred (as Frank Pettit)

Original Name : Frank Pettitt

Gender : Male

Benedicta Leigh

Character Name : Policewoman Scott

Original Name : Benedicta Leigh

Gender : Female

Peter Glaze

Character Name : Station Booking Clerk

Original Name : Peter Glaze

Gender : Male

Vi Stevens

Character Name : Landlady

Original Name : Vi Stevens

Gender : Male

Howard Greene

Character Name : River Police Sergeant

Original Name : Howard Greene

Gender : Male

Raymond Smith

Character Name : River Police Constable

Original Name : Raymond Smith

Gender : Male

Lawrence James

Character Name : Uniformed Constable

Original Name : Lawrence James

Gender : Male

Reginald Hearne

Character Name : Doctor (as Reggie Hearne)

Original Name : Reginald Hearne

Gender : Male

Barry Linehan

Character Name : Forensic Chemist

Original Name : Barry Linehan

Gender : Male

Gerry Duggan

Character Name : Norman Cole

Original Name : Gerry Duggan

Gender : Male

Colin Rix

Character Name : Plain Clothes Detective

Original Name : Colin Rix

Gender : Male

Bill Mills

Character Name : Photographer

Original Name : Bill Mills

Gender : Male

Pat Shaw

Character Name : Uniformed Policewoman

Original Name : Pat Shaw

Gender : Male

John Tatham

Character Name : PC Barrow (uncredited)

Original Name : John Tatham

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-25

We open with a woman walking up the stairs, turning to find a person standing in the doorway and - boom! The police arrive at the rural cottage and we discover that she was the wealthy wife of struggling painter "Howard" (Emyr Jones). Was everything in their marriage happy? Well it falls to "Insp. Gregory" (Patrick Holt) to get to the bottom fo things - a task made more complicated when one of the artist's models goes missing and that's before we get quite a twist to throw the plates in the air and leave us with a rather jumbled and overly contrived mystery. The remainder of the hour seems designed to showcase the acting talents of Honor Blackman rather than deliver a plausible mystery and by the end I'd rather lost interest. It's a low budget affair which doesn't help, but Peter Maxwell's rather staccato and lacklustre direction makes heavy weather of this, sorry.