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Serena( 1962)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Patrick Holt

      Inspector Gregory

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      Emrys Jones

      Howard Rogers

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      Honor Blackman

      Ann Rogers

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      Bruce Beeby

      Det. Sgt Conway

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      John Horsley

      Mr. Fisher

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      Robert Perceval

      Bank Manager

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      Wally Patch

      Barman

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      Frank Pettitt

      Fred (as Frank Pettit)

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      Benedicta Leigh

      Policewoman Scott

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      Peter Glaze

      Station Booking Clerk

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      Vi Stevens

      Landlady

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      Howard Greene

      River Police Sergeant

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      Raymond Smith

      River Police Constable

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      Lawrence James

      Uniformed Constable

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      Reginald Hearne

      Doctor (as Reggie Hearne)

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      Barry Linehan

      Forensic Chemist

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      Gerry Duggan

      Norman Cole

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      Colin Rix

      Plain Clothes Detective

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      Bill Mills

      Photographer

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      Pat Shaw

      Uniformed Policewoman

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      John Tatham

      PC Barrow (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Nov 25 2023
    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 desi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • shotgun
    • scotland yard
    • criminal investigation
    • body identification