The Third Alibi (1961)

★ 6.5 1h 8m IMDb
Drama Thriller

A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.

The Third Alibi

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Cast

Laurence Payne
Laurence Payne as Norman Martell Died 2009 · London, England, UK
Patricia Dainton
Patricia Dainton as Helen Martell Died 2023 · Hamilton, Scotland, UK Patricia Dainton was a Scottish actress. She made her screen debut in 1947 but retired from acting in 1961 to focus on family life with her husband of 58 years, the Welsh-born producer and actor Norma...
Jane Griffiths
Jane Griffiths as Peggy Hill Died 1975 · Peacehaven, Sussex, England, UK Jane Griffiths was an English actress, best known for The Million Pound Note and The Impersonator. She died in 1975, aged only 45, having retired from acting 9 years previously..
Edward Underdown
Edward Underdown as Dr. Peter Murdoch Died 1989 · London, England, UK
John Arnatt
John Arnatt as Supt. Ross Died 1999 · Petrograd, Russian Empire [now St. Petersburg, Russia] John Edwin Arnatt (9 May 1917 – 21 December 1999) was a British actor..
Humphrey Lestocq
Humphrey Lestocq as Simmons, the Producer Died 1984
Director Montgomery Tully
Cast Laurence Payne, Patricia Dainton, Jane Griffiths, Edward Underdown, John Arnatt, Humphrey Lestocq, Lucy Griffiths, Olive Milbourne, Arthur Hewlett, Annette Kerr

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CinemaSerf 6/10 Mar 28, 2022
This is quite an intriguing murder mystery about a vain composer ("Norman") who has an affair with his sister-in-law ("Peggy"). When she becomes pregnant his wife ("Helen") refuses to divorce him so he and his mistress set about devising a cunning plan to be rid of her. It's quite a simple story, but told with plenty of twists and turns that keep the whole pot boiling nicely. Patricia Dainton is superb as the wife and John Arnatt as the slightly Priestley-esque "Superintendent Ross".

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