The Third Alibi

6.5
19611h 8m

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.

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Cast

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Laurence Payne

Norman Martell

Photo of Patricia Dainton

Patricia Dainton

Helen Martell

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Jane Griffiths

Peggy Hill

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Edward Underdown

Dr. Peter Murdoch

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John Arnatt

Supt. Ross

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Humphrey Lestocq

Simmons, the Producer

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Lucy Griffiths

Miss Potter

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Annette Kerr

Cinema cashier

Photo of Dudley Moore

Dudley Moore

Rehearsal Pianist (Uncredited)

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Max Faulkner

Det. Sgt. Fred Smith (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

6/10

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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