Thriller

The Third Visitor

Suave supercilious Carling (Karel Stepanek) receives several callers to his isolated house, all of whom hold a grudge against him. Next morning a corpse is found, and later identified as his by one of the visitors.

Release Date : 1951-01-31

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Eros FilmsElvey-Gartside Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Steffy Millington

Original Name : Sonia Dresdel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Inspector Mallory

Original Name : Guy Middleton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack Kurton

Original Name : Hubert Gregg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill Millington

Original Name : Colin Gordon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard Carling

Original Name : Karl Stepanek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vera Kurton

Original Name : Eleanor Summerfield

Gender : Female

Character Name : James C. Oliver

Original Name : John Slater

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hewson (as Michael Martin-Harvey)

Original Name : Michael Martin Harvey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Horton

Original Name : Cyril Smith

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-28

This is quite a cleverly constructed little thriller from Maurice Elvey. We start by watching Karel Stepanek ("Carling") being bludgeoned to death and assume that the remainder of the premiss will be for the police to cotton on and capture the man we know to have committed the murder... Well, there is one great fly in that particular ointment and we have to wait until the last ten minutes or so to really find out that this has much more going on as we discover no lack of suspects or plausible plot lines that lead us to question what we know we saw at the start. Sonia Dresdel ("Steffy") is on good form and the small and well focussed cast keeps the suspense taut and engaging. The score and lighting add bundles to the mystery too - and with a soupçon of Nazi undertones the whole film is really quite a good watch.