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The Malpas Mystery (1960)

The Malpas Mystery poster
Directed by
Sidney Hayers
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman inherits a country estate and becomes entangled in a dangerous mystery involving stolen jewels and a hidden face. The film follows her as she uncovers secrets from the past.

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What happens

The Malpas Mystery is a 1960 British second feature ('B') crime film, directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Maureen Swanson and Allan Cuthbertson. The screenplay was by Paul Tabori and Gordon Wellesley, based on the 1924 Edgar Wallace novel The Face in the Night. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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