The Sinister Man

The Sinister Man
Directed by Clive Donner
Produced by Jack Greenwood
Written by Robert Stewart
Edgar Wallace (novel)
Starring Patrick Allen
Gerald Anderson
William Gaunt
John Bentley
Music by Charles Blackwell
Cinematography Bert Mason
Edited by Derek Holding
Release date
 1961
Running time
 61 mins
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Sinister Man is a 1961 British drama film directed by Clive Donner and starring Patrick Allen and John Bentley.[1] It was one of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries, British second-features, produced at Merton Park Studios in the 1960s.[2]

Plot

The body of an Oxford professor is found floating in the river Thames. He had previously been studying an archeological artefact known as the Kytang Wafers, and this is now missing. Scotland Yard investigates. The wafers are bits of ancient text that could alter the relations between Red China and a Tibetan type nation called "Kytang". An autopsy reveals that the professor was murdered by a karate blow.

Cast

Critical reception

MemorableTV.com described the film as "definitely one of the great Edgar Wallace entries with a fab cast that includes a pre-Steptoe Wilfred Brambell, Patrick Allen, William Gaunt and Burt Kwouk. John Bentley who took the lead as Superintendent Willis was a popular actor in the late fifties and early sixties but is all but forgotten these days."[3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Sinister Man". BFI.
  2. ↑ "» EDGAR WALLACE AT MERTON PARK – by Tise Vahimagi".
  3. ↑ Mem TV. "Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Sinister Man (1961 Merton Park with John Bentley)".


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