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Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949)

Jun 27, 1949 Mystery 1h 16m
64%
User Score
5.5/10

Overview

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.

Godfrey Grayson
Director
Roy Plomley
Screenplay
Ambrose Grayson
Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Valentine Dyall
Valentine Dyall

Dr. Morelle
Julia Lang
Julia Lang

Miss Frayle
Jean Lodge
Jean Lodge

Cynthia Mason
Philip Leaver
Philip Leaver

Samuel Kimber
Peter Drury
Peter Drury

Peter Lorrimer
Hugh Griffith
Hugh Griffith

Bensall, the butler

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on July 9, 2022

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...

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