Mystery

Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress

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An heiress suddenly vanishes! A detective comes to the forlorn mansion of the missing heiress's wheel-chair-ridden uncle to discover the secret behind the disappearance.

Release Date : 1949-06-27

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hammer Film Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Case of the Missing Heiress

Cast

Valentine Dyall

Character Name : Dr. Morelle

Original Name : Valentine Dyall

Gender : Male

Julia Lang

Character Name : Miss Frayle

Original Name : Julia Lang

Gender : Male

Jean Lodge

Character Name : Cynthia Mason

Original Name : Jean Lodge

Gender : Female

Philip Leaver

Character Name : Samuel Kimber

Original Name : Philip Leaver

Gender : Male

Peter Drury

Character Name : Peter Lorrimer

Original Name : Peter Drury

Gender : Male

Hugh Griffith

Character Name : Bensall, the butler

Original Name : Hugh Griffith

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-09

This is quite a decent little conspiracy mystery. "Cynthia" (Jean Lodge) is the eponymous heiress who has been living in the care of her controlling, wheelchair-bound, step-father "Kimber" (Philip Leaver - reminded me a little of Francis L. Sullivan). When she announces that she wishes to marry; he has to act and she promptly disappears. Her friend "Miss. Frayne" (Julia Lang) goes to investigate and puzzled by all of this, summons her employer - the hypnotist "Dr. Morelle" (Valentine Dyall) to get to the bottom of everything... It's a fairly routine mystery, and as it is told via retrospective we have little jeopardy - but it is still quite enjoyable to watch Lyall in full pomp and there are, as usual, some lovely scenes from Hugh Griffiths as the amiable, but scatty butler "Bensall". It's very much of it's time, this film - there is a condescension from Lyall to Lang that's over-egged a bit, but it doesn't spoil it too much - it's just a quickly paced, sometimes humorous, crime thriller that easily kills an hour - without killing anything else!