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A crime writer and his wife go for a break to a country cottage and wake up to a dead body in the house Andrew Dax, a novelist (Patrick Holt) and his wife Kate (Diana Dors) are sleeping peacefully in their new cottage when a mysterious older lady (Cicely Courtneidge) arrives, apparently stranded in a storm. She hands the writer her gun and some jewelry for safe-keeping, and asks if she can stay. Andrew and Kate agree but when, someone shoots her during the night and Andrew is accused of the crime, he's forced to turn detective to defend himself in this classic comedy. Media Watch trailer » Cast & Crew Actors: Diana Dors Cicely Courtneidge Jack Hulbert Patrick Holt A.E. Matthews Director: John O. Douglas Producer: Bill Luckwell Additional Details Label: Juno Films Selects Genre: Comedy Language: English Run Time: 68 mins Region: 1 Release Date: 09/17/19 UPC: 760137173991
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Miss Tulip Stays the Night (1955)
68 min
Crime writer Andrew Dax and his gorgeous wife Kate go on holiday to a country cottage, where they receive an unexpected visitor, the bossy Miss Tulip, who needs shelter for the night. In the morning, there's a dead body in the house.