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Black Orchid is a 1953 British mystery film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Ronald Howard, Olga Edwardes, and John Bentley.[1] The screenplay concerns a physician who is implicated in the death of his wife which allowed him to marry her sister.

Black Orchid
Directed by	Charles Saunders
Written by	Francis Edge John Temple-Smith Maurice Temple-Smith
Produced by	Robert S. Baker Monty Berman
Starring	Ronald Howard Olga Edwardes John Bentley Mary Laura Wood
Cinematography	Eric Cross
Edited by	Jack Slade
Release date	February 1953 (1953-02)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cast

• Ronald Howard ... Dr. John Winnington
• Olga Edwardes ... Christine Shaw
• John Bentley ... Eric Blair
• Mary Laura Wood ... Sophie Winnington
• Patrick Barr ... Vincent Humphries
• Sheila Burrell ... Annette
• Russell Napier ... Inspector Markham
• Mary Jones ... Mrs. Humphries
• Alan Robinson ... Solicitor
• Ian Fleming ... Coroner
• Tom Gill ... Travel Agent Clerk
• Tucker McGuire ... American Woman
• Richard Shaw ... Lorry Driver
• Daniel Wherry ... Padre

Critical reception

Sky movies wrote, "following his success in the title parts of the Paul Temple and Toff films, John Bentley starred in this murder melodrama which is very typical of British second feature production of the period."[2]

References

External links

• Black Orchid at IMDb

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