Strip Tease Murder

Strip Tease Murder
Original British lobby card
Directed by Ernest Morris
Produced by Edward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger
Ralph Ingram
Written by Paul Tabori
Starring John Hewer
Ann Lynn
Music by Bill LeSage
Cinematography Paddy Aherne
Edited by Derek Parsons
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount British Pictures (UK)
Release date
 March 1961 (UK)
Running time
 66 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Strip Tease Murder is a low budget 1961 British film thriller directed by Ernest Morris and starring John Hewer and Ann Lynn.[1][2][3]

Plot

Diana, a stripper, is electrocuted during a dance routine on stage at the Flamingo Club. Her husband, compere Bert Black, turns detective to investigate. He suspects Diana was murdered for a crime she didn't commit, but proving it to the satisfaction of Inspector Forbes is another matter.

Cast

  • Bert – John Hewer
  • Rita – Ann Lynn
  • Diana – Jean Muir
  • Angelin – Vanda Hudson
  • Branco – Kenneth J. Warren
  • Rocco – Carl Duering
  • Martin – Michael Peake
  • Lou – Leon Cortez
  • Perkel – Peter Elliot
  • Inspector Forbes – Trevor Reid
  • The Flamingo Dancers
    – Christine Child
    – Judy Collins
    – Janet Hall
    – Lita Howard
  • The Flamingo Showgirls
    – Mitzi Bardot
    – Vicki Grey
    – Margo Mitchell
    – Shari
  • Mechanic – Robert Mooney
  • Andy – Robert Crewdson
  • Mike – Michael Blake
  • Doctor – Walter Horsbrugh

Critical reception

Hal Erickson in Allmovie called it a "lurid British potboiler",[4] while in The Spinning Image, Graeme Clarke wrote, "Strip Tease Murder had a title which promised far more lurid thrills than the censorship of the day would have allowed them to deliver on, although as far as the nudity went it was still going further than most of its contemporaries. Yet you could see as much in such higher profile fare as Expresso Bongo, and probably be more entertained by a better standard of production to boot...now appearing whimsically old-fashioned, Strip Tease Murder was unlikely to find an enduring reception outside of vintage exploitation fans."[5]

References

  1. ↑ Strip Tease Murder at BBFC
  2. ↑ "DANZIGER FILMS". 78rpm.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Strip Tease Murder (1963)". BFI.
  4. ↑ Hal Erickson. "Strip Tease Murder (1963) – Ernest Morris – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie". AllMovie.
  5. ↑ http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6319


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