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Candidate for Murder (1962)

Candidate for Murder poster
Directed by
David Villiers
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes a suspect in a series of murders. He tries to clear his name while the real killer remains at large.

tensesuspensefulold-fashionedbrisknoirishmysteriouscerebral

What happens

Candidate for Murder is a 1962 British second feature film directed by David Villiers and starring Michael Gough, Erika Remberg, Hans von Borsody and John Justin. Part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is based on a story by Edgar Wallace. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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